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Public Documents of Maine:
BEING THE
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE VARIOUS Public Of ficers~Institutions
FOR THE YEAR
~1889~
VOLUME II.
AUGUSTA: BURLEIGH & FLYNT, PRINTERS TO THE STATE. 1890. PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS OF THE MAINE STATE COLLEGE.
Oak Hall and Boarding-House. Wingate Hall. Chemical Laboratory. Shop. ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS
OF THE State College of Agriculture
AND THE MECHANIC ARTS,
Orono, Me., 1888.
Published agreeably to a Resolve approved February 25, 1871.
AUGUSTA: BCRLEIGH I: FLYNT, PRINTERS TO THE STA.TB. 18 8 8.
TRUSTEES' REPORT.
To His Exctllency, the Governor and the llono1·able Council: The Trustees of the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts respectfully submit this, their twenty-first annual report, and, therewith, the reports of the President and members of the Faculty; also, that of the Treasurer. There has heen more change in the pe1·sonnel of the hoar FAHM. The farm has been without stock for two years. Deterio ration luws been the result. This process will go on until it is re-stocked. There has been a belief somewhat prevalent that the loss of the stock was dne to bud sanitary conditions, or negligence, or improper feeding. If there is still, any where, a lingering doubt upon these points, the following testimony should dispel it. Dr. Charles B. Michener, an expert veterinarian, was sent by the United States Commissioner of Agriculture to examine the stock and determine the character of the disease. From bis report to Hon. Frederick Robie, then Governor of the State, the following statement is copied: "I waR first led to examine the hygienic surroundings. The barn is a large one and has ample room for the slock. It is well lighted and thoroughly ventilated; the air heing surprisingly pure as I entered the building in the morning. The stalls are kept clean as the animals themselves show. The manure is thrown in the basement, but a free current of air prevents any appreciable odor from rising to the stable. The feeding .is judicious in every sense, and the food, both gntin and hay. is of the best quality." * * * "In answer to those who contend that this disease was caused by improper feeding, or lack of sufficient ventilation and exercise, it is only neces sary to remind you that tuberculosis, like small-pox, and similar diseases is a speci fie malady ; one that can only be spread by coming in contact iu some way with its special and determined infecting agent." 6 STATE UOLLEGE. Dr. George H. Bailey, ''Secl'etary and Veterinary Surgeon of the Board of Commissioners for Maine on Contagious Diseases of Animals" gives the following testimony in his report to the legislature: "At the time of my first visit I found the buildings in which the cattle were contained, were among the best and most commodious I had ever visited, and that every provi::;ion for the maintenance of perfect health among the occupants had been fully and amply secured. An abundance of sunlight and pure water, scrupulous cleanliness, sufficient and wholesome nutrition, thorough drainage, and ventilation so perfect that the aii· was almost as pure inside the barn as out." The present manager of the farm, in referring to the delay in re-stocking, tersely says: "This course, if continued much longer, wi 11 bring neither credit nor profit to the Institution. Some measures should be taken as rnon as practicable for placing the form on u. sound bu::;iness basis." The Trustees concur with Prof. Balentine. INS'l'HUCTION IN SHOP WORK. Unlike the farm, the condition of the department of shop instruction and practice, is of the most encournging character. The number of students taking this course has increased from year to year, until the space, equipments and tools, which, at first, were, adequate to meet all requirementR, are entirely insufficient to meet current necessities. The reports of Prof. Flint and Instructor W ehh, to which attention is respectfully called, will show, in detail, the present need:::, of the department. BOARDING HOUSE. · The bmuding house, under the management of Mr. and ·Mrs. Spencer is still meeting the requirements made upon it with entire satisfaction to the Trustees. MILITARY DEPAR'l'l\1EN'l'. In the early years of the college it was difficult to awaken , much interest in military drill and tactics. Then, as now, ·such practice was compulsory, but there was a lack of TRUSTEES' REPORT. 7 enthusiasm which made it irksome. Students felt that the time so spent could be made more pleasant and profitable if spent in study or pastime. All this has been changed. For several years, an army officer, graduated from ,Vest Point, has been assigned to the military department. Better instruc tion, public and competitive drills, attractive uniforms and occasional encampments, combined with a wider range of study, have raised this department to a higher plane of effi ciency and usefulness than it has heretofore occupied. CONCLUDING REMARKS. The State college has a history of twenty years behind it. At the beginning of this period, it entered upon a field of educationai work hitherto unexplored. The predictions respecting its future, if, indeed, a future w~ in reserve for it, were not of the most encouraging character. One of the most common expressions of belief respecting it was, ''that it would foll into the old groves," and simply add another to existing institutions whose purpose was to train young men for the liberal professions. At the date of the establishment of the State college, it was estimated that seventy per cent of the students graduated from existing colleges found their life's wol'k in the liberal professions. The State college graduated its first class in 1872. The whole number of graduates to this date is 278. Of these, less than ten per cent are embraced in the learned professions. A large proportion of the remaining ninety per cent is engaged in the active business pursuits of the country. Many of them have attained positions of responsibility, trust and emolument, which only energy, intelligence and skill could have given them. It is a marked feature of the institution, that its hroad range of instruction and practice, gives to its graduates the key to success without the intervention of a term of apprenticeship. Leaving the college, they at once become wage earners. It is true, also, of such instruction :ind practice that it often develops aptitudes in students for 8 S'l'A.TE COLLEGE. certain lines of employment, of the existence of which neither themselves nor their most intimate friends had been conscious. Many a graduate, but a short time out of college finds him self in some useful and honorable employment, of which neither himself nor his friends had dreamed. The success of the college has been more complete than the most sanguine among its early friends and projectors ever dared to claim for it, and in no two years has the measure of its usefulness been so large as in the last two. Studentt; in increasing numbers, and avenues opening to fields of wider usefulness, create an imperative demand for more space and ttdditional equipments for several of the departments, and additional apparatus for all. The needs of the college are presented in detail in the report of President Fernald, which will be submitted with this report. The trustees respectfully and earnestly invoke considerate attention to the work and needs of this growing institution. Respectfully submitted, LYNDON OAK, President of the Board of Trustees. PRESIDENT'S REPORT. To the Trustees of the J1aine State Uollege of Agriculture and tke .1..lfechanic Arts: GENTLEMEN: This report, designed for the year 1888, contains also a record of progress for the past two years. The latter record is rendered necessary by the fact of biennial legislative sessions and especially because of the wise and liberal provision for the college by the last legislature, whereby an advance in certain lines of college work has been made possible. RECORD OF MATERIAL PROGRESS. The appropriation by the legislature of 1887 for a building of natural history and agriculture has secured the construc tion of an edifice in every way ad11pted to the wants of the two departments. In the summer vacation, 1888, a transfer was made of the collections of these departments to the new building and in it during the autumn, class-room work has been carried on. A transfer of the library has been made also to ~~Coburn Hall," in which a commodious, amply lighted and very pleaimnt room furnishes space for the books now arranged so as to be easily accessible, and for a reading room highly valued also by all connected with the college. Although the number of ho,.oks is small yet the complete analysis and classification now in progress will render readily available to the student whatever material the library contains. The large audience room in the third story of the building is now used for chapel services and the room on the first floor 10 STATE COLLEGE. designed for a physical laboratory will be brought into senfoe as soon as it can be equipped with appropriate physical apparatus. It would be impossible for me to express the appreciation by both faculty and students of the improved accommodations and facilities for instruction afforded by Coburn Hall. It was built not an hour before the necessity for it was impera tive, although msny years after the date when such a struc ture would have been highly serviceable to the college in its growing need of ampler accommodations. An event so important in the history of the college as the completion of Coburn Hall; and through the college an event of so large prospective value to the State was deemed worthy of special observance, and, accordingly, ceremonies nf dedi cation were held in the audience room of the building on June 2G, 1888, an account of which, with the principal addre::,ses then given, will be found as an appendix to this report. The appropriation by the last legislature for apparatus has been expended as assigned to the several departments and has strengthened them all in this regard. In givi11g practical instruction, apparatus largely consti tutes the tools with which to work, and hence money judi cion:sly expended in its purchase is money wisely invested and sure to yield ample returns in the increased efficiency of those under instruction. The money assigned by the legislature for a water-tank and for a more thorough system of drainage has been expended for these purposes with great advantage especially on sanitary grounds. Considernble repairs have been made on the college build ings and yet much rem:iins to be done. The most complete renovation in any building has been in Oak Hall, in which the wainscoting was carried up three and a half feet, making the present height between six and seven feet. The lower half was painted India red and the upper half a light contrasting color. Closets were placed in the basement and the building PRESIDENT'S REPORT, 11 thoroughout materially improved. Students have fitted up their own rooms tastefully and have taken much pride in good care of the building. The mechanical shop has been painted, the chimneys of all the buildings have received needed attention, roofs beginning to leak have been repaired. The trimmings of Oak Hall and of the chemical laboratory formerly white, have been painted chocolate brown and all the sa::-;hes in these building::,; have been drawn. Many other minor repairs have been made. The proper preAervation of the college buildings is a matter of no inconsiderable importance and requires and has to receive constant attention. The boarding house is the build ing that just now is deteriorating most and should be painted early next season. Other wooden buildings belonging to the col l<·ge should also be painted soon as a matter of preserva tion. The north cellar wall of Wingate Hall is defective, and should be built over. These and other repairs not neces sary now to specify will need to be made within the next two years. The college campus, not now unattractive, by a moderate outlay of money can be much improved and rendered a place of interest to visitors as well as of satisfaction to those whose daily life is largely passed within its limits. l:NSTRUCTION. The work of instruction has been carried on essentially as indicated in the last report; the new men~ Messrs. Hart and vVebb, maintaining themselves well in their respective lines of instruction. Lient. Charles L. Phillip-,, 4th U. S. Artillery, who served as military professor for three years, completed the term of bis detail to this college last July and retired from it with the heartiest good will of his associates in the faculty and of the students who had been under his instruction. The vacancy thus made was filled by the assignment of Lieut. Everard E. Hatch, 18th U. S. Infantry, as professor of mili- 12 STA.TE COLLEGE, tary science and tactics at the Maine State College. Under his detail, Lieut. Hatch kinJly consents to teach one mathe matical branch of study in addition to his military duties. During the autumn, 1888, he has taught analytical geometry to the junior civil enfineers and has shown himself to be a competent and faithful instructor. The college has been fortunate in the officers previously detai Ie COMMENCEMENT A~D DEGREES. The order of exercises, Seventeenth Annual Commence ment, June 23-29, 1888, is herewith presented. 1888. June 23, Saturday, '7 .30 P. M., Sophurnure Prjze Declamation. 24, Sunday, 7 .30 P. M., Baccalnureate Ser vices; Discourse by the President of the College. 25. Monday, 7.oO P. M., Junior Exhibition. 26, Tuesday, 9 A. M., Meeting of the Trustees. 2 P. M., Dedication of Coburn Hall. (See appendix). 8 P. M., President's Reception. 27, Wednesday, 9 A. M., Commencement Ex ercises. 3 P. M., Meeting of Alumni. PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 13 The Prentiss Prize, for excellence in declamation, sopho more class, was awarded to George Herbert Babb, Sebago, the committee of award making honorable mention of Joseph Riley Rackliffe, Hampden, and of Elmer Lake Morey, Colombo, Ceylon. The Prentiss Prize, for excellence in composition, junior class, was awarded to Fred Percy Briggs of Hudson, author of essay entitled "Agricultural Education," the committee making honorable mention of George Melville Gay of Dama riscotta, write1· of " Farming Life in N cw England," and of ]\fortimer Frank vYilson of Orono, writer of "Our Country; Its Present and Probable Future." The Libbey Prize for best agricultural essay was awarded to Fred Percy Briggs, I--Iudson; author of '' Agricultural Education;" honorable mention being made by the committee of George Gifford Freemen of Cherryfield, writer of essay entitled '' Country Roads." The prizes ahove referred to were given by Mrs. H. E. Prentiss of Bangor and hy Hon. Samuel Libbey of Orono. By the bonnty of a lady who de::;ircs that her name shall be unknown, two awards were made for highest standing in "i:-ch<>lnrship and deportment" limited to the sophomore and freshman classes. In the sophomore class, the award was rnude to Chandler Cushman Harvey of Fort Fairfield, whose rank on the scale of 100 was 97.01, Hugo Clark of Lincoln with a rank of 94.89, and Everett Fenno Heath of Bangor with a rank of 94.15 received honorable mention. In the freshmnn cl:rss, the award was made to Leslie Albert Boadway of Oro1t0, whose rank was 96.3; honorable mention being made of ,vrniam Rowe Farrington of Portland, whose rank was 9.5.3, and of James "\Valker Davis of Ynrmouth ville, whose rank was 94.6. The subjects of essays and the names of candidates who received degrees are given below: BACHELOR~ DEGREE. Degree of Bachelor of Science-Course in Agriculture: ,Yilliam Jerome Hancock, Saco, Soil Absorption; John 14 STATE COLLEGE. Wood Hatch, Presque Isle, Agricultural Societies; Thomas George Lur Animal Alkaloi Game; GPorge Edwin Seabury, Fort Fairfildd 1 Develop ment of the Steam Engine; Frank Llewellyn Small, Free port, Coast Survey. 1\IASTEl{S DEGHEE. JJfaster of Science-Henry Tossey Fernald, Baltimore, Md., Thesis, The Digestive System of Passalus Cornutus, Fab.; Levi W'illiam Taylor, Pittsfield, Me., Oration. Demand for Normal Schools and Normal Training; Harriet Converse Fernald, Orono, Me., Thesis, The Card Catalogue for Lihraries; Oliver Cummings Farrington, New Haven, Conn., Oration, The Profits of a College Education. PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 15 Mechanical En,qineer--Elmer Orlnndo Goodridge, Helena, Montana, Thesis, The Ingersoll Roek Drill ; Leonard Gregory Paine, ProvidPnce, R. I., Thesis, High Speed Attachments for Milling Machines. Civ'il Engineer-Lieut. Charles Leonard Phillips, 4th. U. S. Artillery on duty as Military Professor, 1\Iaine State College. GRADUATES AND NON-GHADUATES. The number of graduates is 278; the nnmher of non graduates is 291. The avernge period of attendance of the non-graduates is above one and one-half years. The number of students in the college is 121. It thus appears that 690 different students have obtained or are now obtaining their collegiate edueation at this institntion. Of the 278 grn FINANCIAL STATISTICS. The endowment fund derived from the sale of land-scrip furnished by the national government was $118,300 which 16 STATE COLLEGE. with accumulated interest amounts to $131,300. This fund yields at the present time $7 ,638 per annum. The munificent bequest by Hon. Abner Coburn of Skow hegan of $100,000 not yet drawn from the estate is paying interest at four per cent and hence yields for the present $4000 a year. The receipts from tuition are necessarily variablP. but may be reckoned $3000 a year. The State appropriations have amounted to $24 7 ,218. The buildings are valued at $156,000; the apparatus including that of the experiment station at $20,000; the library at $8500, the farm, tools, stock, carriages, &c., at $19,000, making a total of $203,500. EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS BY HON. JUSTIN S. MORRILL OF VERMONT. It will be remembered that Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Ver mont was the originator of the proposition to establish land grant colleges and that the act proposed by him, hav1ng passed Congrei-s in l 858 was vetoed by President Buchanan and that subsequently, in 1862, the measure was re-enacted and received the sanction of President Lincoln. Mr. Morrill's relations to the original act of Congress and his cordial and enrnest support of all measures designed to promote the welfare of the:se institutions will cause the following extract from an address recently delivereJ by him before the legislature of his State in behalf 0f the Vermont Agricultural College to be read with interest. ''Under the College Land-Grant of 1862, forty-seven insti tutions have been organized, and they are nearly all now doing excellent educational work. They have over five thousand students and near)y five hundred professors. In every State scientific knowledge is being more or less diffused and the science of agriculture is especially receiving profounder attention and is more respected and honored. The bounty of the national government formed a nucleus in the several Stutes around which, buildings, libraries, Iabora- PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 17 tories, museums, workshops, gymnasiums, military halls and other educational appliances were expected to be assembled, from funds derived from other and independent sources. It will be remembered that no portion of the national fund can be expende 2 18 STATE COLLEGE. Kansas obtained eight dollars per acre for its land scrip, instead of the fraction of a dollar obtained by Eastern States, and her college has received from the State and from bene factions $277 ,962. Pennsylvania has recently made liberal appropriations, for buildings related to agriculture $50,000, for drill hall and gym nasium $20,000,and for current expenses of two years $Ui5,000. Colorado, keeping her land for a higher price, has appro priated for its college $141,680, and levies an annnul tax for its support of one-fifth of a mill on all taxable property of the State." rnVESTl\IEN'r OF 'l'HE CORUTIN BEQUEST. It will be recalled that the legislature of 1887 made provi sion for the investment of the $100,000 willed to the college by Hun. Abner Coburn, in a State hond bearing interest at four per cent and running thirty years. ,vhile investment in State security is highly desirnLle, it -shouhl not be forgotten that the bequest j:-3 practically a gift to the State to increase the endowment of the college, and that the endowment fund of the government is not allowed to he invested in securities paying less than five per cent per annum, and that this latter fund is actually paying six per cent, Under these circumstances it certainly wou Id seem to be but a fitting response to Governor Coburn's generosity for the State to advance the interest to six per cent. I trust the necessary change in the rate of interest will be made by the legislature and that you may then deem it wise to make the State the custodian of this bequest for the next thirty years. BUILDING LOTS FOR PROFESSORS HOUSES. There is reason to believe that if building lots on the college grounds can be leased to college officers for a long period that several officers would soon erect houses upon them and thus establish themselves in closer proximity to the buildings in which their work is carried on. In such an PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 19 arrangement there is an economy of time and force quite too important to be disregarded. This subject, with what may be involved in it, I am confident, will commend itself to your consideration. FARM AND STOCK. As reported last year, the net indebtedness of the farm in April 1887, resulting principally if not wholly from the EXPERil\iE~'l' S'l'ATION. The establishment of an agricultural experiment station as a department of the college with its running expenses pro vided for hy the bounty of the general government is an event of great prospl•ctive importance to the farmers of the State and to our agricultural interests. 20 STATE COLLEGE. Time will he needed for the development of it to the plane of highest usefulness. The co-operation of all interestP-d is also essential. As the full report of the station will appear elsewhere, it is only necessary here to state that every dollar of money appropriated for the former (State) station received by the college when that station was abolished, has been sncredly devoted to the new station, and thus the construction of the station building has been made possible. In arranging the building for the work to he done in it, the policy has obtained of equipping with appliances and apparatus in a thorough manner, in the belief that the best equipments for scientific work are in the line of true economy. VARIOUS TOPICS. During the past year, especially, the Young Men's Chris tian Association has been a force in the college whose influence for good has been clearly apparent. The generally high moral tone of the students has been a matter of observa tion and of commendation. The pleasant and spacious room in Coburn Hall now used for chapel services is very fully appreciated. An Estey organ has been placed in the room by subscription of the students, faculty and others. The Coburn Cadets accepted an invitation from the officers of the Maine State Agricultural Society to attend the recent State fair at Lewiston, and passed four days very pleasantly on the fair grounds. Acknowledgment is made to Payson Tucker, Esq., General Manager, Maine Central Railroad, for providing free transportution of the Cadets to Lewiston and return. WANTS AND ESTIMATES. The first obligation to be met is clearly the cancelling of indebtedness arising from the destruction of the herd in 1886, for which a loan of $6000 had to he made. As the interest on this loan has been paid from current funds the amount to , be asked for on this account is $6000. PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 21 The estimated cost of claphonrding and painting barn No. 2, with some other repairs essential also for its pl'eservation, is $500. The question whether the farm should he carried on with out stock for longer time than that which the force of calamity has already compelled can hardly he regarded dehatnhle. To fairly re-stock the form with good types of representative breeds will require $2000. The estimated expense of securing running water for the herd is $500 which added to the other sums named makes the amount for the indebtedness of the farm and for its needs $9000. The other wants of the college, I am glad to say are lnrgely wants arising from or compelled by its prosperity. ·with increasing demands upon the several dep,trtinents of instruc tion arise new necessities for space and for appli1mces. if t!-;.e present and prospective demands are to be reasonably tl1f~t. Coburn Hall provides ample spate for two departments. The uppropnation made for it sufficed for the construction of the huilding but not or only in part for the 0nscs and other interior fittings. The cost of the cases, tables and other fittings rtbove what was covered by the appropriation so far as that work has been cat rie $-H,770 00 In Professor Hamlin's report the subject of a more general water supply system embracing all the buildings, including the experiment station, the water that will be needed for horti cultural and all other purposes, except hard water for drink ing purposes, is quite fully discussed. PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 25 If such plan shall he adopted. the money now devoted to insurance could, in part, he saved, and that asked for supply ing water to the farm could be assigned to the general water system, anu thus a part of the necessary expen:--e woulll he cove1 (•cl. The general system will Joubtk•ss soon he a neces- 8ity. If adopted, a sufficient sum to cover the expe11::;e mm,t neces1-arily he added to the above estimates. Provision made for the forf'going items will ~ecu1·c a fulncss and completetH,ss in several lines of instruction su~h as has been i111possihle in the past. A State educational i11:-titution can only afford to do a high quality of work. and sud1 quality implies a high gr:.1de of appliance:::; with which to do, and such appliances imply money. l\leans murh ampler than those possessed hy this college, and fund::; much larger than have ever beeu a~k1:c FIXI~D ANNUAL APPROPHIATIO~:-,. Before di~missing the subject of college finances I beg to d1reet attention to the desirableness of fixell annual appropriations. As shown elsewhere in this report, the State of Kcnturky provides for her college $16,000 annually, and Colorado levies a. tax of one-fifth of a mill to the dollar on all taxable prop erty in the State for her Stnte college. \Vith an as8ured income, permanent plans can be made, as they cannot be when an irn,titution is dependent upon variable annual or biennial appropriations. The Maine Sta.te College has demonstrated iu its twenty years' history its right to be, per forming as it does a service along practical line:-;, undertaken by no other institution in the State. It has received the fos tering care of the State and may reasonably expect a con tinuance of it. It is a question worthy of consideration, whether the time bas not arrived when the obligation or bounty of the State should manifest itself in .a generous and permanent annual assignment of money to the college. This 26 STATE COLLEGE would be equivalent to enlarging its endowment, a condition or result much to be de:-:ired. Personal benefactions could then be devoted to special objects, and for sueh objects they are most likely to be given. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars per annum permanently assigned, would be mtieh more valuable than a larger sum contingent upon conditions which are constantly varying. It is not my purpose, however, so mueh to name a specific sum ns to present and urge the value of an adequate per manent annual assignment. COXCLU::,ION. The advances made during the past two years have been sources of rejoieing to the friends and supporters of the college. These advances have been of a ;-;ubstantial clrnraeter. The npprcciative and liberal action of the last legislature rendering this progress po::,sihle, has been, therefore, a source of great satisfaction. 1t has been plea:-.ing, moreover, to note eviJenccs of a growing sentiment of favor towan1 the college throughout the State and a more just appreciation of its WoL'k. It will, I am confident, he the continued effort of all who hold positions of trust and responsibility in connection with it, to render it still more worthy of the confidence and support it seem~ tc, Le winning, of the State whose honoreu name it bears, and of her generous aiJ, Ly wliieh alo1w its highest use fulness can be assured. Respeetfully submitted, M. C. FERNALD, Ptesident. '\ ~---~-- \ __---- _ .~--~- COBURN HALL. Department of .Agriculture. President M.· 0. Fernald: The transfer of the agricultural department from one room in the chemical lahoratory to the comnHH.lious apartments in the building creetc Additional work hns been assigrn,J mA in the experiment station. A.s there is conneete ,Yhen the farm is re-stocked, provision should he made for the introduction of running water i11to the stables, as it will mu<.'.h lessen the cost of carmg for the animals, be::,ides furn ishing a more healthful i::;upply of water than can he procured by storing rain water in cisterns. For this purpo::,e at least $500 will he necessary. The attention of the trustees sho11 ld be called to the condi tion of the ''New Bam" which has :,;tood unfinished for over three years. To clapboard and paint this barn and poiut the walls will cost $500. Thi5 should he done in the interest of economy as it is necessary to proket the building from decay. There are about 200 acres of ]and on the east eml o1 the coll(·ge farm, partially covered with timber, wood and hushes which, if fenced, ,vould furniclh pa::.tul'age for 20 head of cattle through the entire summer season, as n cousidPrable portiun of thif, land was formerly clPared and seeded to grass. It would require about one ton of wire to hnild that portion of fence whid1 would lawfully fall to the college to coustruct. Posts and top rail::, could be proeured on the farm. This pa8ture will be necessary if stock i:-; to be kept. In any case an income cuuld he derived from thi~ land if fenced. The college farm has been presented with a Bradley mower No. G. A six-foot, side cut machine having 3G-inch wheels nnd 4z foot axle, ,vas pre:::;ented liy the manufacturers, Brad ley & Company of Syracuse, N. Y. The nrnchinc i:,;; thor oughly constrncted, light fi>f draft, easily handled and does good work. It is a practical machine on n large nrnjority of the farms in the State. Much of the laml on the college farm is hed one horse to walk in the grass, which, by some, is considered an objection. The draft of the machine is as light as can be desired. It has been purposely run in the roughest places on the farm during the past season and has done good work and suffered no injury. The machine deserves more popu larity than it enjoys. It could be much improved by the addition of an arrangement for tilting the guards up and down. The Eelipse Corn Planter, manufactured by the Eclipse Corn Planter Co., Enfield, N. H. was presented to the insti tution thrnugh their agent, B. Walker MacKeen of Fryeburg. The machine is just what its name indicates. After the ground is titted, this machine with a horse and a man furrows out the grounds, drops the seed and fertilizer and covers them all at one time. It can be so adjusted as to drop the corn auto matically from six inches to thirty-six inches apart, dropping from one to many kernels in a hill at the will of the operator. By marking the ground beforehand the machine can be made to plant in checks or squares of any distance so that the corn can he cultivated both ways1• The fertilizer is evenly dis tributc 3 I 34 STATE COLLEGE. Farm Inventory, December r, 1888. LIVE STOCK. HOl{SES. 1 Percheron-Norman stalliou. 1 J>air ruares, 7 years old ...... •..••...... $400 00 2 Colts ...... •.....•...... •...•••....•..•..•...... 150 00 CATTLE. 1 Jersey bull, ! years old ....•...... •.••.•..•.•.•...... 75 00 1 " 9 rnonths old ...... ••...... 50 00 SHEEP. 1 Shropshire buck, 3 years old, registered ...... •... 35 00 I '· e\ve, 5 " ...... · 15 00 l ., 3 ,. .. · · ... ·. · ..... · · · · ·. ·. ·. · · · · · 15 00 3 ewes. 2 '' •.••.••.•...... ·. •. · .••.•.. · ·. 45 00 4 '· '' · I year old ...... •...... 60 00 2 " e,ve Jan1bs ...... ••..•...... 20 00 2 " buck lan1bs ..•...... ••...... •..... 15 00 SWINE. I "\Vhite Chester so,v ...... · ... , ..... ·. · •...... ·. ·. 15 00 FAR.MING TOOLS AND IMPLE:\lENTS. VEHICLES. 1 Farin \Vagon ...... •....•...... •...•... · .••...... 50 00 I " with hay-rack ...•...... •...... , .... 25 00 I Ilay-rack \vith vvheels ...... •...... , .•...... 2?> 00 1 '1\vu-horse dun1p-cart ...... ·: · ...... · ·. ·. · ...... 25 00 1 ~i11~Je •• with forward wheels ..•...... 20 00 1 Light Pxpress ,vagon ...... •...•..••...... 15 00 1 Doub]e-s('ated puug ...•...... ••.•...... •...... 2?> 00 1 l'u11g. old ..•••....••...... •••...... 5 00 1 R~}ad cart ..••..•••...... •...... •...... 30 00 MACHINERY. J Ilrac11P·y Mo,vcr, No. 6 ...... - · ·,,,,, .. -.... · · · · 50 00 l J<)1reka '' •...... ••..•••.•.•...... 50 00 l Champion Mower, old ...... •...... 25 00 1 J<.:clipsf-' Col'll Planter, .....•...... 25 00 1 Mudgf'tt Hay 'l'edder ...... " .....•...... , ...... 25 00 .2 I>o11ble1harpoon hay forks, with carriers, ropes and pulleys, 20 00 4 S·\vartl ,plo\vS, ...... ••...••..•.•••...... •...... 40 00 .1 S11h-soil plo,v .....•...... •...••...... IO 00 1 Fillihro,vn IIarrow ...... •...•...•...... 6 00 1 l{a11da ll '' ...... ••.....•...•...... 20 00 1 Thomas Smoothing Harrow ...... •...•..•...... 15 00 1 l 1 ()ta to dig-ger...... •...... •••....•..•••••...•...... S 00 i1 Ifrmp J\Ill1111re Spreader ...... 50 00 I 1Yi11110\, i11g 1nnchi11e ...... •...... •.•...... •..... 10 00 1 QnePn of the Harvest Seed Separator ...... •...... 10 00 1 ~11ne Stich Hay Cutter .•.....•.•..•...... 3 00 .1 P1>erless Corn Sheller ...•....••.•...... •.•....• ; ...•...... I 00 1 Planet, .Tr., Plant~r ...... •..•...... -I 3 00 1 Mathe,v Seed Drill,., ...... ••••.•....•.••..•..••.....•.... 1 00 1 T'la11et, Jr., Cultivator ..•...... •...... 5 00 l Corn planter ...... •...... •...... 10 00 ,1 I{oot cntter ...... • • . . • • . • . ••..•.•..•..•.•••...... ••...... 5 00 1 Feed truck ..••.•.•.••.•..••....•..••••••••..••.•...... •. 3 00 . 7 Scythes with snaths , •.••••••.•.•.M ...... 3 50 F AR}1 INVENTORY. 35 Farm Inventory-Concluded. 5 l)rag rakf's ...... · · · · · · · · · · · · $1 00 8 Hand rakes ...... •...... ··· .... ·················· 75 3 Cant-dogs ...... ••.• ·•······.··· 3 00 1 Barrel lifter...... · · · · · · · ... · · · 50 l Bt18h scythe and snath ...... 1 00 1 ~tone hoe ...... ·.·.·· ..... ··· 25 7 flny f,)rks ...... 1 75 4 ~lan11re forks ...... •...... •...... 1 00 2 lro11 rakes ...... 1 00 4 Potato hooks ...... l 00 1 Hay knife ...... •...... 1 00 1 ~palling fork ..••...... •...... •...... 75 2 Barn hoes ...... •...... 50 2 Axes ...... •...... 1 00 2 Iron hars ...... 2 00 1 Sl111ffie h1ie •..•.••••••••••••••.•••••••••..•...••.•..•...... 45 1 Steelyard .....•...... •...... 1 50 1 Plattorr11 1-,eale .....• , ...... 5 00 1 1~1111 ,;;ratr ••.••••.•••.••.•.•••••••••••••••.••.•.•••.••••..•. 50 2 FPed ba,;;kets ...... •...... , 1 00 2 G1·it1d,-to1H~S ..••..•..•.••.•••...••••.•••..•....•••••••..... 3 00 1 40-g·allou boil Pr ••••.•••.••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••.••. 3 00 1 llarness ...... 45 00 1 ., ...... 20 00 Dairy appan1t11s .•.••.••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••.•••••••••• 100 00 Household furniture and furnishings .....•.....•.•...... 350 00 PRODUCE. 100 tons of hay ..•...•..•...... •...... 1.300 00 170 h1H,h. o:1ts ....•••..•...... ••..•..•.•.••••.•.....•.. 76 50 300 hush. p<1tatoes ...•...... •...... 150 00 SU lbs. wool .••.••.••.•...... •••••...... ••.•.••••••.•.••.• 20 00 LUMBER AND WOOD. 9 l\f. cP 'l'ota I ...... J $3,6ii:l 45 Summary of Farm Inventory. J,ive stock .. , . , ... , ...... · .... · . , . , · · · · · · · ·,,., · · · · · · · · · · · • · · $895 00 Far111ing tool,; and implements ...... •...... •... , ...... 714 45 Dairy npparHtllR ...... , ...... •.. , ...... •..... , 100 00 Hou,-pl10ld furniture and fnr11ishings ..•...... •...... 350 00 l">roll11ce ...... •...•...... •...... •...... •••..... ,. 1,546 50 I Lurnber and wood .•.••...... ••.••.••••...•...••.•..•.•.••• , 47 50 'fotal...... 1 $1,653 45 Department of Natural History. President M. C. Femald. DEAR Sm: The following report of the department of natural history for the two years ending November 27, 1888, is respectfully submitted. Si nee my last report marked imprnveme11ts have been made in this department. The erection of Coburn HaJl greatly increases the facilities for studying natural hh;tory. The new courses of study adopted, provide for far more extended museum work and lahoratory practiee. The material belonging to the department, together with the mineral and geological specimens, were transferred to Coburn Hall during the last summer vacation. Since the collections were transferred we have been steadily at work classifying and arranging them for study and exhibition. Mr. Briggs hns rendered efficient aid in this direction. The mineral and rock specimens have already been regis tered and arranged according to Dana's system. Herewith is presented a manuscript catalogue of them to be published as a bulletin from the department. Considerable preliminary work has been done on the geological and biological material. The herbarium has been carefully studied and the nomencla ture revised to date. The uew building has been occupied the last term for reci .tations and laboratory work. The Sophomores have practiced in the labora~ory two afternoons each week. Their work has been: (a) Study of the compound microscope. (b) Methods of making sections .and slides. (c) Dissections, drawings, descriptions and DEPARTMENT 01' NATURAL HISTORY. a;"""' classification of types of the important orders of cryptognms. ( d) A study of the grnss family, and a comparison of grasses, sedges and rushes. ( e) Methods of preparing cryptogams for the herbarium. The Fre:::-hmen in physiology have had occasional meetings in the laboratory during the last term, to examine objects with the microscope; study dissections of lower animals and consider other matters pertaining to human pltysiology. The Seniors in comparative anatomy have occupied the laboratory, to witness dissections of vertebrate type specimens and t,o study models. The introduction of laboratory practice has already shown good results in more thorough scholarship. It has been a pleasure to notice a disposition on the part of some, to exceed the requirements and do original work. The most of the students have made good use of their opportunities. In cryptogamic botany we have used lle8sey\, Advanced Botany as a guide, supplementing it by lectures :rnd rnonogrnphs, in laboratory practice and classification. The laboratory work has been in chal'ge of the Professor of Natural History. The text book work, in all the departments, bas been made as practical as possible, hy using specimeus and requiring their examination by the students in the class-room or laboratory. ORIGINAL WORK. Resenrch for material to illustrate the work in natural his tory has adde ACCESSCO~S. The collections have slowly increased during the last two years by donations from students and other friends of the college, and by purchase. The collection of birds and minernls bought of Mr. Osgood, contains many fair specimens; some rnre species; :ind the most of the material cun lJe us('d for educntiona] purposes. The appropriations made two years ngo have been used to meet current expenses and procure needed appliances. vVe would respectfully solicit donations of natural history, mineral or geological specimens for the cabinets, assuring those who send desirable material, that it will be properly placed on exhibition, and full credit given in the register and on the labels. To such as send a sufficient amount of material a special case or space will be assigned. After the collections on hand are properly registered, we hope every two years to publish a catalogue of the accesE-iorn:;, giving full credit to donors. ZOOLOGY. Most of the type animals referred to in our text-books can not he illustrated for want of specimens. We need models, or alcoholic preparations of the perish able forms, and mounted specimens of the others. There should be a full collection of the animals of Main.e in the museum, but at present we have only a small per cent. Type animals not foun ENTOMOLOGY. The entomological cnhinet of the college i8 arranged for the purposes of classification; but n collection for studying economic entomology is needed, wlwre the injurious in:-;ects affecting each farm crop are grouped together with their enemies, and their injuries. A ca::,c and material for form... ing f-Uch a ca hi net nre needed; ah,o supplies to extend the general collcclion of insects. PHYSIOLOGY. ,,~ e have no models of the nervous, respirntory, c1rcu latory, digestive, nnd excretory organs in mau. This de partment ~lwultl have a complete manikin, which would cost seven humlre MINERALOGY. There are quite a number of entries in the mineral cabinet, but very few well crystallized spcciment-,, It is hard to get good specimens without buying them, as mineral localities are u::,ually leased to dealers. There should be in the cabinet a repret-,L'lltative specimen of each important mineral species. Praeticai work in descriptive and determinative mineralogy is done, requiring chemicals and apparatus. 40 STATE COLLEGE. GEOLOGY. Models, rocks, fossils and casts of fossi Is are indispensable, if this interesting subject is practically taught. Most colleges have a set of Ward & Howell's casts, costing from one thousand to three thousand dollars and reg:ird them indis pensable. The college bas but little with which to illustrate this subject. MICROSCOPES. ,v e have only one compound microscope for each three students doing laboratory work. There should be at least one for each two. Most colleges assign an instrument to each laboratory student and hold him responsible for its proper use. BOOKS. Tryon's Concho logy, subscribed for, has to he continued. Several special books on Cryptogamic Botany are absolutely necessary to do the elementary laboratory work. ,v e need Kingoley's Riverside N aturnl History and several other refer ence books not in the library. MUSEUM. A general museum is a great attraction to visitors and also a constant educator of students during their course at college. A good museum frequented by students for four years is almost equal to a liberal course in Natural History. Students have a right to expect that specimens, to properly illustrate the studies taught, will he provided. Jars, alcohol, trays, labels, &c., are constantly needed to preserve and display specimens. There are also other expen ditures connected with augmenting and caring for collections. REMARKS. We have pointed out the pressing needs of the depart ment, but believe it would be a wise policy on the part DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HI5TORY, 41 of the State, to appropriate at once enough to purchase all needed appliances fur a thorough course in natural history. In the summary below there has been indicated a small sum for each li11e of research-an amount C APPROPRlATIO~S. Zoology-Specimens and supplies ...... $150 00 Entomology-Case and 8Upplies...... 50 00 Physiology-Models and supplies ...... 100 00 Bota11y-Spet:ime11s and titting ca!3es ...... 100 00 Mineralogy-Specimens nnd supplies ...... 100 00 Geology-l\fo Total ...... •...... $1,000 00 Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS L. HARVEY, Prof. of Naltiral History. Department of Chemistry. President lJf. C. Fernald: During the past two years my hours of class-room exercises and of lahorntory work have been about the same a:, here tofo;·e. Three hours of every forenoon during the fall term have been devoted to recitations, namely: The senior class in advanced chemistry, the junior class in advnncc After taking a thorough coun,e in simple determinations they will undertake the analysis of more or less complex compounds. As a guide for such work I propose using Classen's quantitative analysis, translated hy Professor Smith. Though I have discarded Fresenius' system of quantitative analysis as a hund book for laboratory work it ·will still be retained ns a valuable book of reference. At the commencement in June 1887, the following stutlcnts of the course in chemistry took the degree of Bachelor of Science. The titles of their theses are given after eaeh name. David vYilder Colby, explosives; John S. ,villiams, manu facture of wood pulp by the alkaline nnd acid processes. At the commencement in June U:l88 the following students gnulu- atcd from the chemical course : John Russell Boardman, the adulteration of drugs. Francis Stephen Brick, quantitative analysis by elcdricity. Harry Butler. :t pharmaceutical assay of Cascara l:igrnda. Harry Foster Lincoln, albumen and sugar in urine. Ralph Hemen way Marsh, chemistr.v of the blood. Nathaniel Estl•s ,vibon, the digestibility of common meats. The laboratory and class room work done by the st11dcnts under my instruction has, on the whole, been satisfactory. I expect chemical students hereafter to perform a larger number of analyf:-es, from the fact that tho senior class will occupy the room now used hy the experiment station. This will he fitted with a small steam boiler, steam baths, steam oven, filter pumps and other conveniences which will g1·eatly shorten many of the ordinary operations of quantitative analysis. The last nppropriation obtained by this department ,vas mostly devoted to the purchase of a larger stock of chemicals, common glassware, porcelain ,varc, as well us some graduated apparatus. )Ve have heretofore suffered from a lack of a fair supply of the ordinary forms of npparatus; this has been a bnrrier to rapid work on the part of the students; by sup plying them with a more complete set of apparatus for quantitative analysis, I have been pleased to find that the 44 STATE COLLEGE. amount of work done was consiJerahly greater than before and of, at lea~t, as good a quality. Two new balances were also ohtnined for the department. Nearly all of the above apparatus was imported from Europe, duty free. In order that the department may continue to make proper ndvances some apparatus of a more special kind shoulJ be :t Prewt'dent M. 0. Fernald: The following report concerning the Department of Civil Engineering is respectfully submitted. The work assigned to this department is shown by exp"lana tory nnd tabular statements on pages nineteen, twenty and twenty-one of this ~atalogue. This work has been accomplished in a satisfactory manner by the classes pursuing this course, and especially during the first year, as we have been able to Although this water is as good ns can be found anywhere for drinking, it i:::; not at all suitable for some of the many other usei to which it has been put. For instauce, its con stant use in the boilers of the steam-heating apparatus, in the various buildings will, in time, cause serious trouble and damage. For sul'.h purposes soft water, free from sediment, is required. The experiment station, in the near future, will require a large supply of water, which, for its purpose::;, should be soft. There will also be a demand for a large supply of pure running water at the farm building:::;, and all of tlie dwelling houses on the grounds should be connected with the system of water supply as soon as possible. Fi 11a1Iy, all (')f the college bui ! President Fernald : After the much regretted resignation of Prof. C. H. Benjamin the management of this department was given to me, and during the past two years it has been my endeavor to carry forward the work as be had begun it. His leaving, however, unavoidably caused a serious break in the work he had so well under way. He was a ready and efficient worker and during his occupancy of the chair of mechanical engi neering brought about many valuable improvements. No changes worth mentioning have been made in the regular work except as the increase in the number of students has rendere 4 50 STATE COLLEGE. To hring this ahout the rooms now used for recitations and drawing must he vacated and accommodations for that work be made elsewhere. It is, moreover, very difficult and at times impossible to conduct recitations in a building where there is necessarily so much noise, and the motion of the machinery causes it to i;hake so that good work cannot be done in the drawing-room. In the room now used for draughting there is space for eightt>en men; next term there will he thirty to accommodate. Thus it will he seen that twelve more drawing tables must be supplied. Since the drawing-room is now filled these twelve tables will have to be put in the vise shop. a place entirely unfitted for such work but the be:st that can be bad at present. Better anangements need to he made as soon as possible. It would seem, since the civil engineering department is also crowded, that the best plan would he to have the reci tation wurk au The cost of the immediate necessities of the department may be roughly estimated as follows : Water supply ...... ••...... •...... $100 00 Drainage...... • • . . . . 100 00 Drawing tables ...... ••...... 120 00 Reference books, papers, &c . . . . • • • . . . . • 100 00 Sundries...... • ...... • . . • . 80 00 $500 00 Respectfully submitted, WALTER FLINT. Shop Report. President M. a. Fernald: The number of students working in the shop during the past two years has been greater than ever before. This increased number has been accommodated partly by alter nating with other work and partly by the purchase of extra sets of tools and the erection of new work benches. The work done has been of the usual ki ml and Quality. The additions to the machinery and tools have heen; a feed water heater for the boiler, an exhaust fan for removing the smoke of the forges, an emery tool grinder, six sets of car penters' tools and eight sets of tools for the vise shop. These additions have been necessary and have given satisfaction. At present the vise shop is well equipped for work. The forge shop should be provided with at least four more forges and the necessary tools. The forges can be set up in the room 01·iginally designed for a fouudry. By this addition all those taking forge work, can be worked at the same time, thus saving the expense of running the engine To President .1.lI. a. Fernald: Sm :-I have the honor to submit the following report of the military department. I reported for duty at the Maine State College July 1, 1888, in compliance with paragraph No. 17, S. 0. No. 89, dateil Headquarters of the Army, A. G. 0., vVashington, April 18, 1888, relieving 1st Lieut. Charles L. Phillips, 4th Artillery. The present organization of the Coburn Cadets is a battal ion organization of two companies and a band, with a full complement of battalion and company commissioned and non-commissioned officers. I have found the discipline o( the battalion excellent and the interest in military subjects of the first order. During the term, now closing, our drills have been mainly in the school of the company supplemented with a few battalion formations and dress-parades. The two companies are in excellent condition for any sort of field work. During the period from September 11, 1888, to September 14, 1888, inclusive, the corps was encamped at the State fair grounds at Lewiston, Maine, where good progress was made in the various duties of camp life. The corps was inspected October 22, 1888, by Capt. James Jackson, 1st Cavalry, U. S. A., Acting Inspector General, Department of the East. The appearance and manceu vers of the corps during this inspection were all that could reason ably be expected for the amount of drill, and the conditions under which the drills are made. DEPART.l\IENT OF MILITARY INSTRUCTION. 55 No rifle practice has been had this term, owing to the great amount of rainy weather which made it unsuitable to conduct such practice. The practice for the college year will, if possible. be held during the next term. It is impossible to over-estimate the benefits to be derived from tl1i::; important im,truction. Our rifle pit is out of order from the effects of frosts and the heavy rains. It will take a sum of about twenty-five dollars ($25) to put it in condition for work. There is also a small amount necessary to purchase targets and target frames. The amount of ammunition allowed by the United States government for practice is only one thousand rounds of ball cartridges per year. In view of all the::se circumstances, I would recommend that an appropriation of one hundred dollars be made for the military department, the balance not used in repairing pit to be used for the pur chase of ammunition. A slight change has been made in the unifnrm since the last report was submitted; namely, the substitution of light blue pants with gold braid stripe for the grey pants, with black cloth stripe. It should be the policy, I think, to have the uniforms rnhject to few changes. It is now, in my opinion, satisfactory, and the changes needed in the future, if any, will be few and slight. Theoretical instructi9n in Upton's United States Infantry Tactics has been commen0cd for the junior and sophomore l classes, and will be continued the coming term during the I time unsuitable for outdoor drill. Unusual interest was awakened during the latter part of the term, due to a competitive drill which took place at Lewis ton, November 15th, between the Nealey Rifles, Co. D, 2nd Regiment, M. V. M., and Co. A. Coburn Cadets. The con ditions were that a picked squad. consisting of a captain, two I guides and sixteen men, should drill before three regular army officers, as judges, for the championship of Maine. The l decision of the judges was in favor of the Coburn Cadets. 56 !TATE COLLEGE, In addition to my military duties, I have during the past term, instructed in Analytical Geometry the members of the junior class who take the course in Civil Engineering. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, E. E. HATCH, 2nd Lieut. 18th Infantry, Prof• .1.liil. Science and Tactics. Report of Library. It gives me pleasure to be able to report that t.he library has been moved from its crowded quarters in the chemical laboratory to new and commodious quarters in Coburn Hall where it is being catalogued, classified and arranged, in a manner to make it of the greatest use to the faculty and students, by :Miss Hattie Fernald, n. graduate of this institu tion as also from the school of Library Economy, Columbia College. The college is fortunate to secure the services of one so well qualified to do this work. The system of classifica tion adopted by Mi::,s Fernald is that known as the Dewey decimal system, and the work is being carried on in a manner to interfere as little as possible with the usefulness of the . librnry while the work is going on ; the library having been closed to the students only a few weeks at the beginning of this term. There are now on the accession list 4,440 volumes of bound books belonging to the college library and 400 volumes which belong to the experiment station. There are also 3 7 5 vol umes of unbound books which should be bound at once in order that they may be catalogued with the others and rendered of service to the institution. There are several hundred volumes of pamphlets which should be provided with cases in order that they may be readily accessible, and there are about 400 volumes of duplicates in the library. The books belonging to the experiment station are not allowed to be taken from the room except by officers of the institu tion but the students are allowed to use them as freely as the 58 STATE COLLEGE. others in the room, so that the whole number of volumes to which the students have access is 5,215. All the book stacks in the library room are now full and early next term three more should be provided. There is also a constant demand for books which are not in the library and while we do not expect sufficient funds to purchase every work that is called for, yet there should be means at the disposal of the librarian to enable him to purchase those books which are repeatedly called for by the various departments. A few years ago when it \vas proposed to erect a building especially for the library, Senutor Hale gave one hundred dollars towards the building. The money was placed at interest and on the completion of Coburn Hall it was used towards furnishing the library room and as it has never before been ndrnowlcdged, I nm happy to acknowledge it here and to render an account of its use. G. H. HAMLIN, Librarian. TREASURER'S REPORT. To the Trustees of the Maine State College of Agriculture and the JJfeclianic Arts: GENTLEMEN :-I herewith submit my annual report of the receipts and expenditures for the College during the past year. RECEIPTS. I GENERAL ACCOUNT. I I Cash on hand, December 8, l !-\87 .•••••.•••••••••••..•..••. , $:i,048 261 State appropriation for uew building ...•...... •••.•. 10,000 00 " " " Instructors ..•••••...... ••...•... 2,000 OU Apparatus .....••••.••...... ••.. 1,000 ool " Insurance .....•••.....•...... 300 001 " Trustee ex ponses. • . • . • ...... 2[}0 00 " Repairs ....•.•••...... f>OO 00 Interest from State of Maine bonds ..•...... •. 7 ,098 001 Lombard Investment Company bonds ....•••. 18'.{ 00 City of Bangor bonds ...... 180 00 Security, Loan and Trust Company bonds .... . 43 02 Coburn estate (bequest) ...... 4,000 00 Tuition of students...... • . . . . . • • • • . ••..••...••.... 3, l55 00 Experiment station, amount refunded for bills paid from1 , Oct. l, 1887, to Dec 31, 1887 .•••••••.•••••••.... ····i 932 781 Experiment 1-1tation. for apparatus and chemicals...... ! 1,331 41:i For live stuck and produce ...... I 191 611 Experiment station, for station building .•..•.••••.•.•.... i 3,000 uo $39, 213 13 1 ExPERrnENT STATION. ! II United States treasurer ...... ,.1$18,750 00 W. H. Jordan, director ..••••.•••.•••••••••••••••.•••.... I 72 68I 18,822 68 · I 1------I i $58,035 81 DISBURSEMENTS. I For Natural History building ...... !$13,43 l 74 Salaries ...... / 12,686 33 Interest on loans .....•••.•••.....••.•.•••.•.•••••••. ! 302 00 " -Water S!lpply,., .•. , . , , •. , , , . , • , .• , • ...... , .... , . ·1 300 00 Insurance . . . . • . . • • • • • • • . • .. . .. • . • • • .. • • • .. • .. .. • • .. 1,007 75 Expense of trustees ...... I 195 52 Coal and freight .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. j 437 60 60 STATE COLLEGE. DISBURSEMENTS-Concluded. For Expense in Coburn will case ••.•••••••.•••••••.•••.••• $50 00 " Bonds for investment ...... 3,000 00 " Apparatus •...••...... •...... ···~················ 1,000 00 Library ...... 600 00 Advertising .•••.•••.•••....•.•.•••• , • • • . · • · • • • • · · • · 60 00 " Repairs .•••..••...•..••••••..•.. , ••.....•••••••..•. 500 00 " "'ork shop and tools ...... •..••.•.•.•••.•••.•••..•. 330 OU " Construction of station building ...•••...... •.•.•••.•• 3,182 42 " Griivel .....••••.••.•••...•..••...... ••.•••••••..•. 75 00 " Furniture ...... 28 4k Stationery and postage ...•...•••.•...•••••••.•••.••• 14 00 $37,200 84 EXPERIMENT STATION. For Field and feeding experiments ...... 826 77 " GenPra I expenses ..••.•.•.•••••••.....•••.•••..••... 291 83 Chemical laboratory ...... 2,966 11 Construction account...... • • • ...... • . . . . • ...... 3,000 00 Refunded to Coll~ge for amount expended for station, frum Oct. I, 1887, to Dec. a 1, 1887...... •.••.•.. 932 78 Salaries .••.....•••...•.•••..••.....•••.•••.•••.••• 4,id! 67 Library...... ••••...•••••..•.••••••••.••. 1,626 05 Printing and stationery ••...... ••••...... ••. 492 58 Travelling expenses •...... ••..•••.••••••...••••••••. 194 20 Live stock ...... 1,294 50 Gas machine...... • • • • . . • • . .•..•••••••.••.•••• 712 50 Furniture.. . .. • . . . . • • • .. • • . • • • ...... 400 00 Safe •.....•..••.•••..•...••.••••• •• · · • · · · · • · · •• · · • · 190 00 " Rents.. . . • . . . • • . . . • ...... • • . . • • . •.•..•.•••..••.••• 22 50 " Botany and Entomology department ...... •••...... 8 79 " .1\-loteorolngy depa'rtrnent ...... 76 79 i'undry accounts ...... 56 78 $17,626 85 Cash in treasury, December 4, 1888 ..•....••••.•••••••.... 3,208 12 $58,035 81 CONDlTIO:'f OF ENDOWMENT FUND. --~------~--~------~------·----~-- -~------Invested in Stat,e of Maine 6% bonds •..•••••••...•••••..•. !!18,300 oo! " City of Bangor 6% bonds ...... , 3,000 00: * " Hallowell C. and :,. Academy 6% bonds •••• , , •. 4,0ilO oo: " Lombard Investment Co, tio/o bonds... • ...... 3,000 OOi Security, Loan and 'frust Co., Des Moines, Iowa, tio/o bonds ...... • • ...... • • • 1 3,000 ool $131,300 00 *.:,uspended payment of interest. J. FRED WEBSTER, Treasurer. ORONO, Dec. 18, 1888. I have examined the Treasurer's accounts and find them properly vouched and correctly cast. WM. H. STRICKLAND, Auditor. SUMMARY OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. TAKEN AT THE MAINE STATE COLLEGE of AGRICULTURE and the MECHANIC ARTS, Latitude, 44° 54' 2" N. Longitude, 68° 40' 11" W. FROM JANUARY, 1869, TO JANUARY, 1889. BY PRESIDEN'l' FERNALD. Height of instruments above the level of the sea., 134 feet until June, 1879, and 129 feet since that date. Explanations, Deductions and Remarks. The hours of observation are the same as those formerly adopted by the Smithsonian lmtitution, viz: 7 A. M. and 2 P • .M., and 9 P. M., local time. The figures in the columns headed "Force or pressure of vapor," show the height at whkh a cclumn of mercury is maintained by the weight of the moisture of the air. The warmest day of the year 1888 was July .~th, when the mean temperature was 78° .. '>, and the coldest day was January 15th, when the mean temperature was 6°,9 belnw zero. The highest temperature UJ3°.4) recorded during the year was on the 23d, of June, aml the lowest temperature (19°.6 below zero) on the 2.Jth, vf January. The range of temper.iture between the two extremes is 113°0 which is less by only 0°. l than the average range between the extremes for the last twenty years. The warmest day within the period covered by the tables was August 7th, 1876, when the mean temperature was 8.J 0 3, and the coldest day January 8th, 1878, when the mean temperature wits 17°.2 below zero. The highest temperature (96°.7) oo curred on August 6th, 1876, and the lowest temperature (35°.6 below zero) on Janu ary 8th, 1875, A comparison, as regards temperature, of the several months of 1888, with the mean temperature of corresponding months for twenty years, is given below: Mean temperature from 1869 Mean Temperature to 1888 inclusive• for 1888. .Months. .January ...... 15°.02 8°.58 6°.44 colder. February ...... 18°. 92 18°,96 o0 .0i warmer. !.\.larch ...... 26°.83 28°.03 1°.20 April ..•.••• , , , , ••••••••• , •••• , .39°. 78 3i0 .52 2°.26 colder. 1\Iay ...... , ...... 52°.37 50°.3;; 2°.02 .June ...... 62°.39 62°.82 0°.43 warmer. .July ...... 67° 56 65°.14. 2°.42 colder August ...... , , ...... ,,65°,56 63° 49 2°.07 September ...... , ...... 57°.19 5,l 0 .86 2°.33 Cl October ...... , , ...... 45°. 96 42°.12 s0 .54 0 November ...... , .. ,., •• 33°.58 35°.43 } .85 warmer. December ...... , ...... , •• , ... , .. 21°. 25 27°.90 6°.65 u Tho year 1886 (mean temperature 41°. 26) averaged 0°.9i colder than the mean temperature of the twenty years under notice, 64 STA.TE COLLEGE. The latest spring frost was on May 22d, and the earliest autumnal frost on the morning of September 6th, followed by destructive fro~ts on September ith, 29th, and 30th. The principal thunder storms of 1888 occurred on May 1st, June 6th, 23d and 30th, July 7th, 11th, 23d, 24th, 31st and August 17th, 25th and 26th. The rainfall and melted snow of 1888 amounted to 58.04 inches, a quantity larger by 12 65 inches than the average for twenty years; the snowfall was 134.60 inches, a quantity greater by 37.75 inches than the average for the same period. Tho number of days in 1888 on which the sky w:1s at least eight-tenths covered with clouds was 114, or 31 per cent of the whole number. The number of days on which at least .01 of an inch of rain or snow fell was 162, or 44 per cent of the whole number; the number of days, therefore, without any considerable quantity of rain or snow, was '204, or 56 per cent of the whole number. During the month of June tho prevailing wind was S. W. and S.; during the other months of the year, N. W. and W. Heavy winds prevailed on January J;ith, 20th, 2 lst and 2(jth, February 15th and '28th, March 12th, 13th and 17th, April 7th, July 11th, 24th, 31st, Aug. 2d, Sept 26th, '27th, Oct. 29th, N0v. 3d, 25th and Dec 12th and '28th The pre,,ailing wind for the twenty years, from 18fi9 to 1887, inclusive, was from the north-west and west. The relative direction and force of the wind for tliis period are in I>, I RAIN AND i ~ BAROMETER. ..., :::, THERMOMETER IN THE OPEN A IR. WINDS, .... ~ SN')W, I~ "d ol --- '§.: UJl_~-1 :::, 0 ..di:: f : e g ~ ~ cv.S .. Z E ~ = ~ I Per cent of direc-1 Barometer height > ...... 0 . i: f : .; ;; t10n and force. duced to freezing ..., d Q Mean of Mean of I Highest I Lowest ~~.~ 8. 8. ~ ~ ~ § point of water. January .... •••• ...... 15l32.0J1 281- 6.9 247.41 25 -19.6:18.47i 0.26 8.58 4.97. :n.5,0 .41 .76 .04 .1630.686\28.859 ·29.896 JOO -11'86 100.10181 February...... 2637.7 10 ,_ 2.7 1441.61 1 -l~.2~~.9~ .· 6.3018.96 6.11 ;~-~,O .~h .~5 .12 .15 .li-:rn.~89i29.312~9.~2; 1 Mar~h ...... 214~.R 1 lfi.9 22~~-3I 2 ~.l.3.?.l:..,!19.8128.01 6.48, :l~.00.~2 .ti4 .06 .12 ·!8~0.?1729.371,29.,~:\ 100 %1·rn Apnl ...... 28f>6.6 812!.61 28•?•?; 8 1 l~.6:;i,1~!28.6537.52 l 78.: lli.OU.?0 .58 .II .10 ·;l.,0.3!~'29.~1429.93? 100 :-l:llti9 May ...... 3161.3 I 3).0 317-"l,2\ 4 2."l,4:>9.72140.2350.35 2.821 - ;,9 .42 .17 .21 .W30.1a629.64129.89l 100 29172 June...... 23 76, 7 3 54.3 23 93.4 2 44.0 i2.591,51.9162.82 3.65, .4\1 .2f; .38 . 18 .16 :30.093 29.379 29.761 100 :rn 74 July ...... 578.f> 12 55.4 585.5 12 37.076.4H,54.27f65,14 2.47, - ..50 .H .21 .21:i ,09:rn,198129,10529.800 98 40175 August...... fi~~.l 23 54,5 58~.4 23 4:"l.n:z.6.~5~.:~2!?3.49 4.5~! - ·?'.! .~ii .l?i .Iii ·]:i~O 1!6!29.4702~.7~6 100 3."> 8'2 September...... 96,.4 29!1 40.0 97::>.] 30 30.:16,L33!46.66::>4.86 6.9, - ,;J\-J ,{8 .2.t ,JO .29 .. 0.5:-i0129.l94'.W.9al 100 4;1jRt October...... 757.2 30l 3:L4 2860.3 15 2n.6-18.37l35.6842.12 7.51; 5,00 .6\-J •.~8 .111,0:i .2630,376\29.034 29,754 JOO 44 R:3 November...... 656 2 22; 12.0 164,7 23 3.H2.32 27.'1635.43 5,73! 10.00 .5H .39 .21 .• Of; .3'l30.{i44129.282 29.966 100 4:1[s2 0 1 1 100 39 81 December ...... 2755,l 22!' 3.5 2560.6 141- 3.334.00\18.9027.90 4.961.. 19.GO .65 .51 .21\ .OC .2230.355'.. 29.05329.7ti6 J'ly Jan., Jun Jan. , ; ,,~ i I ! 100129 79 Year...... 5 78.5 15!- 6.9 23 93 .4 25,-19.6 49. 79 32.0241. 26 58.04 13U30 .56/ .51, 16, .13! . 20 30.686;28.859 29.851[ m ,:,. ______S==-U=-M __ M ARY._ BY _y~_ARS - From 18 6 9 to 18 8 8, inclusive. l{A_ l:'I AND l -~ '"O 1:; TEMPERATURll! IN THE OPEN Arn. I : SNow. , -~ Wi:rns. BAROMETER, •8 § ------!-----~-- C) ~·~ = I I I I ', "Cl • 7J I a, c:: 0 Mean of j Mean of Highest Lowest I a a :I ~ ~ ::; Per cent of , B:i rometer height '..Force or pres- >..;:; ·z hottest 1 c~~~.,t t,mperntuco t,mpmturn i direction. reducedp,~{>n{.reezing s~~e i~fc~:for day. i i i l i ·y il i JI 1 YEAR 1 ·~ I:L [l ~ I 1~I ; Ii . i ;-~: z 1--.------1-~ 811 d II e ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ s: ~ '+-< ·i I .:; bllll "2 ~ ~ --g ~ ~ '"g ' a ~ ;; 5 ,::. (!) ~ j' ~ ~ I o ~ : o ~ I o i: 11 :: -~ ..c:: o...::: c:: "' ;; c:: I a . __a -~- ...: fL ~ i • A p~ A ...:. .::,.. . i:l -1 .:: ..., I .: ...... , ...., .:: ';::! • • • '. I ·- .§ .:: I .... ~ ·- .::. .:: ~ s a:i ~ s i >- a i r. a Q) "' d .., ,-,i d °' I ~ ~ o.. , c:: = t:::: ;;::: ~ ~ ~ .:: d ~ i_ - '1 d ;,<: i·;::; \ o:i ~ '.Q). ~ ~ (!) =I d '1) ='I c:: (!) ... a, t a, :;; C) 15 ~ ;:: (!) (!) 0 • • d ·- Q) c:: : .::: (!) d 1·- Q) ...,...... - ...,. ~ .... 1 ___e__ H ....__ _e__ H E_l :So.., ::So.. ::S o ..,:; ';: Ci 1;;;:J o Z m -n I z_ ::S ~ ::S ______~-!~-:__ ~ _:§[~I.I~ 0 ------0- --- I O O '1 0 0 ' I i i I 1869, .July 11 74.2Jan.22 -3.8[July II sulivrar. 6 -22.o.rn.0133 n .tl.771H.7't 84.U'll .55 .41 .29 .14!.rn.rn.51\l 28.85829.7Bo1.s'.rn,.oo.·i1.2.1010012.'>]76 1870, July24 828Jan.14 -9.7July'.1!4 9.t.O,!Feb .• 4 - 17:1.0\1:'J.4:>H}'.;!0.!~~, 7S.!5/ ~0.35 33 I0.2~~0-?'~?~·90229.~9! .S?~! .01~1·27\JIOOII3f!~ 1871, May 30 76 0 Jan 23 -14.91May 30 88.ti,J an. 2,i 120.u ,)0 44 IH.3.l H 9 2.4 l.ti31 80.,JO • ;i{) .. 4 2_ .3.l .10_1_· bl_'rn ;i8.J :rn.ooo 29., ~.) . 9.)b 1. 006.• 244 I 0011711,) 1872, July 16 79.5 Dec 25/-ll.81June30 90.61Dec 25 -:.ti O i0.02 1:B. 22 !l 60 Pl..>4 11:1.00: .:d .371. 28 .13 22 :rn.H6 28. 712 29.70(i. i93f .011 • 2.iR 100[23[77 1873, July 30 75.5 Jan.:rn; 4.9.IJuly 26 9~·'.} .J,an.3? -?6.S 4\Ul:~1:1.1,:1s -lU.~~ -l0.:811! _2~.0- o: ·~:)_.~~ .3~!'.10. 22?0-~80 ?S.42_3 29.7?-l. zrn: .00!:Ji. 2:12 1,:0:2017~ 1874, July l,1 76.3 J,rn.26[ 15.5 July 15 86 .• I Feb 2 -26.0 ->0.IH .,2.ll -ll .1,i -l-! .• l-! ,.n.oo, .. i2 .3, .Ju .08,, 19,W.119 28 9Klj:,W.82.i. i\J4 .00::J .240 IOOlhJ 7o 1 1 1 1 1875, Aug. 29 H 8 Nnv30, 9.8 Aug. 29 87.slDec 20 -2.l.0 48.49 II :Hl.58141 till ll:i sol .:i0 .40 .301.09 .!5'30.550 28.9:1!:!f29 814 .su,.014 .239 J00!24ii6 1 1 :rn 1 1876, Aug. 7 85.3 Feb.UI 13.4jAug 6 %.,f,Dec 261 -:.!1.i",l.">0.741'32 :1:1-12 o:1fi:U7:l:.!:i.OO .-19, 4;J ,JO .08 .IU 30.783 28.4,'i8129.808 .'J:1:,:.014 .:no IOof:H/176 1877, Aug. 24 75 I Jan 25', 11.~IJune. I 89 ~ .Jan 26, -~~.;~f-?;-4~ :l~.~3 H.:rni40._1~ ~~·~o -~~ ·:H -~~1-1.:.l :~4 f>i ~ss ?9·~;1~ ·'~?l·Oo~ ·?b9 IOOf.19 !6 u/~o 1 1878, ,June30 81.9 ,Jan. 8 1 17.2,June ,30 9L:,!Jan. sl -3,J hi ,2 0 • 1 .l.i ..38.H.3!/48.0, au .. iol ,,)6 .33 .d31. 1.3. 21 30 .. J;:,4 28 194129.19<, .812/.00l!. 280 100,201,s 1 1 1 1879, July 16 77 8 Dec. 21 l l. 71Aug 2 88.01 L>ec 27 2ii O[ ·,o. io:31.67 U 62 -16. 731112.00i . .'d .,38 3i 07,.18 30. G38 28.5:3 7129 851 . SH I o 12 . 2,"i8 IOOf 15 75 1 1 1880, July 10 82.3 Feb. 2 , -4.41July IO 9-l..8.;Jan.14 -J."i.4'~2 o5'.3L'i0.4:l.8) :rn.t:il ~c1.~u'_1_ •.'JU .18 .20 :30.614 29.090 29.Si4 .7:lOi 015 .269 100 23175 1 .:-3? .n 1 1 1 1881, Aug. 5 78.lFeb. 21 9.IiAug. 3 91.0.Jan. 2 -ltU,i2.Jl:l49HiJ38i-l:.!80 ,).Jc.JO ,,j4.4),!8:.14.2::3 :rn.64728.9192986'2.891'.0l9.281 !00:2177 18$2, Aug. 6 80.7 Jan.241 --10 O,Aug. 5 92 o_Jan. 25 - '2'2.4 .'JU. 7(;':1:1.10_ ·_:_4'1. . .->4 4.1 :!o-·i 110.00: .49 4u 1.1s .121. 2-l. 30.724 29.121 29.883 .8191.016. 261 100;2-1 7."i 1 1 1883, July 6 75. I Dec 23f-13. l iJuly 7 8;'i.61Jan. 6 -:J.i.U :iO. 1876. 1878. I 1876. ! 1878. / , Mn. 1 Mean. J 1 20yrsAug. 7 85.3Jan. 8i-17.2Aug. H 96.7 Jan. 8 -35.650.8833.5142.2!14.'i,39: 96.85 .52.4L28 11:.203081028.42329.838 100 1 10,76 CATALOGUE OF THE Maine State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. ORONO, MAINE, 1888-89. TRUSTEES: HoN. LYNDON OAK, GARLAND, President. WM. T. HAINES, B. S., LL. B., WATERVILLE, Secretm·y. CAPT, CHARLES w. KEYES, FARMINGTON, HoN. FRED ATWOOD, vVrNTERPORT. GEN, R. B. SHEPHERD, SKOWHEGAN. ARTHUR L. MOORE, B. s., LIMERICK. WM. H. STRICKLAND, EsQ., BANGOR. RUTILLUS ALDEN, EsQ., WINTHROP. HoN. Z. A. GILBERT, EAsT TURNER, Secretary of l\laine Board of Agricmlture, ex-officio. TREASUREH. : J. FRED WEBSTER, ORONO. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : H EXAMINING COMMITTEE ; Hrs ExcELLENCY EDWIN C. BURLEIGH. REv. CHARLES F. ALLEN, D. D. WM. B. LAPHAM, M. D. FACULTY. MERRITT c. FERNALD, A. l\L, PH. D., PRESIDENT, and Professor of Physics and Mental and Moral Science. ALFRED B. AUBERT, B. S., Professor of Ohemi'.stry, and Secretm·y of the Faculty. FRANCIS L. HARVEY, l\L S., Professor of Natural IIistory. GEORGE H. HAMLIN, C. E., Professor of Civil Engineering, and Librarian. ALLEN E. ROGERS, A. l\L, J>nifessor of J.1fudern Languages, Logic and Political Economy. WALTER BALENTINE, l\I. S., Professor of Agriculture. WALTER FLINT. 1\1. E., Professor of ..1..lfechanical Engi11eering. JAMES N. HART, B. C. E., Instructor in .1lfathenwtfos and Drawing. LIEUT, EVERARD E. HATCH, 18th U. s. lNFAKTRY, Professor of Military Science and Tactics. HOWARD S. WEBB, B. l\I. E., Instructor in Shop- lVork, and Registra1·. AARON E. SPENCER, Steward. STUDENTS. SENIOR CLASS. Briggs, Fred Percy, Hndson. Cushman, Charles Granville, North Bridgton. Edgerly, ,Joseph Willard, Princeton. Fergnson, Jere Sweetser, Searsport. Freeman, George Gifford, Cherryfield. Gay, George Melville, Damariscotta. Haggett, Eben Raymond, Newcastle. Leavitt, Nellie Louise, Norridgewock. Reed, John, Benton. Reed, Nellie Waterhouse, Stillwater. Sargent, William Henry, Brewer Village. Stevens, Fred, Gouldsboro'. Vickery, Gilbert Scovil, Bangor. ,vhite, Ambrose Harding, Bucksport. White, Mark Elmer, Ashland. Wilson, Mortimer Frank, Orono. 6 STATR COLLEGE, JUNIOR CLASS. Andrews, Frank Orris, Rockland. Babb, George Herbert, 8ebago. Bird, John, 2d, Rockland. Blackington, Ralph Harvey, Rockland. Bowden, George Irving, So. Penobscot. Cargill, Carroll David, Livermore Falls. Clark, Hugo, Lincoln. Coffin, Alphonso ,John, Harrington. Croxford, Walter Everett, Jackson. Dillingham, Charles Albert, Old Town. Dow, Fred Todd, Gorham. Drew, Albert Wilson, Canaan. Dunton, Harris Drummond, Boothbay. Farrington, Horace Parker, Cape Elizabeth. Gould, George Pendleton, Still water. Grover, Nathan Clifford, West Bethel. Hardison, Allie Crosby, Caribou. Harvey, Chandler Cushman, Fort Fairfield. Hastings, Allie :Mills, Rockland. Hayes, Samuel Henry Tewksbury, Oxford. Heath, Everett Fenno, Bangor. Jones, Leon Houston, Rockland. Kelley, Edward Havener, Belfast. Kenniston, Irving Chase, Boothbay. Keyes, George Edwin, Hampden. Lewis, John Winchcombe, Milton l\Iills, N.H. l\forey, Elmer Lake, Colombo, Ceylon. Morrill, Edmund Needham, Deering. Owen, John Wesley, Jr., Saco. Peirce, Varna John, Hudson. Peirce, William Bridgham, Hudson. Pierce, Willialll Barron, Harpswell. Pillsbury, George l\1elville, North 8carboro'. 'Quincy, Fred Grant, Masardis. CATALOGUE, 7 Rackliffe, Joseph Riley, Hampden. Reed, Fullerton Paul, Boothbay. Sawyer, Frank Wade, Milford. Swan, Clarence Buzzell, Old Town. Wallace, Chester Jay, Jackson. Webb, Winfield Scott, Caribou. Webber, Gilman Hodgdon, East Boothbay. Wight, Ralph Holbrook, Belfast. Williams, Laforest Charles, Athens. Williams, Charles Sampson, Monhegan Island. 8 STATE COLLRGE. SOPHOMORE CLASS. Andrews, Arthur Wellington, Biddeford. Arey, Ralph Jesse, Hampden. Bailey, William l\felvin, Skowhegan. Boadway, Leslie Albert, Orono. Butterfield, William Rowe, Milford. Clark, Edmund, Bethel. Clayton, Charles, Bangor. Cobb, Cl.iarles Edward, Patten. Davis, James Walker, Yarmouthville. Farrington, Wallace Rider, Cape Elizabeth. Farrington, ·wmiam Rowe, Portland. Flanagan, John Henry, Rocklaud. Graves, Joseph Colburn, Orono. Hall, Bert Austin, Shapleigh. Hamlin, Cyrus, Bangor. Harlow, ..William Augustus, Milford. Hatch, Earnest Stearns, Lovell Centre. Hersey, Jacob Frye, Patten. Keith, William Everett, Old Town. Lord, Robert William, Skowhegan. Menges, Hugo Gustave, Bangor. Merrill, True Lander, Orono. Miller, Albert Morton, W akloboro'. Morris, William Allen, Bangor. Moulton, Fred Charles, Hiram. Norton, Jay Pearl, York Corner. Otis, Arthur Monroe, Grafton . .Page, Warren Robin, Hampden. Patten, William Nickels, Cherryfield. Pillsbury, Clifford Irving, Rockland. Scott, Clarence, Olamon. Starrett, Henry Vaill, Warren. Steward, John White, Skowhegan. Ta_ylor, Charles Norton, Hampden. Thompson, George Edward, Orono. Tirrill, Leonard Alexander, Holden. CATALOGUE. 9 FRESHMAN CLASS. Atkinson, "William Hacker, Brunswick. Bailey George Albert, Dexter. Bristol, l\lortimer Leonard, Canton Ctr., Conn. Clifford, E(lwin True, Leeds. Da11forth 1 Ernest ,vilbur, Brunswick. Farrington, l\Iellen Edward, Brewer. Fernald, Robert Heywood, Orono, Gihhs, Clinton ,John, Sa. Turner. Grover, Arthur Curtis, "\Vest Bethel. Heaky, ,Yarren Evans, Rockland. I{ittn~: SPECIAL STUDENTS. Fernald, Henry Elmer, So. Levant. Greenwood, Elmer Ellsworth, Moscow. Hamilton, George Curtis, Dexter. Hodgdon, Edward Wyman, Brewer. Webster, Alden Palmer, Orono. SUMMARY. Seniors, 16 Freshmen, 21 Juniors, 44 Special, 5 Sophomores, 36 Total, 122 PRIZES FOR 1888. Prentiss Prize, for best Junior Essay, awarded to Fred Percy Briggs, of Hudson. Prentiss Prize, Sophomore Declamation, awarded to George Herbert Babb, of Sebago. Libbey Prize, for best Agricultural Essay, awarded to Fred Percy Briggs, of Hudson. Award for highest standing, Sophomore Class, to Chandler Cush man Harvey, of Fort Fairfield. Award for highest standing, Freshman Class, to Leslie Albert Boadway, of Orono. CATALOGUE. 11 , MILITARY DEPARTMENT. COBURN CADETS. Second Lieutenant EVERARD E. HATCH, 18th U. S. Infantry, Commanding. Cadet JOHN REED, Major and Commandant of Cadets. Cadet JosEPH ·w·. EDGERLY, First Lieutenant and Adjutant. Cadet FRED P. BRIGGS, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Cadet EVERETT F. HEATH, Sergeant Major. Co. A. Co.B. Captain ...... C. G. Cushman ..•..•...•..... J. S. Fergu:suu. 1st Lieutenant .. E. R. Haggett ...... G. S. Vickery. 2d '' G. G. Freeman...... •.. M. E. White. 2d '' G. M. Gay ...... Fred Stevens. 1st Sergeant ... . E. H. Kelley ..•...... F. T. Dow. Sergeant ..... S. H. T. Hayes ...... G. H. Babb. H •••••• H.P. Farrington ...... N. C. Grover. " ...... J. R. Rackliffe ...... A. W. Drew. Corporal ...... W. A. Harlow ...... L.A. Boadway. " •..... W. R. Farrington ...... H. V. Starrett. " ...... W. N. Patten ...... W. F. Keith. " •..••. H. G. Menges ...... •.. Robert Lord. Armorer, W. E. Croxford Band Leader, G. E. Keyes. Band Sergeant, L. H. Jones. COLOR GUARD. Color Sergeant, John Bird, 2d. '' Corporal, W. A. Harlow. '' '' L.A. Boadway. " " W. R. Farrington. 12 STATE COLLEGE DESIGN 0'1 THE INSTITUTION". It is the design of the Maine State College of Agriculture and the J\Iechanic Arts to give, at a moderate cost, the advantages of a thorongh, liberal and practical education. It seeks to do this by mean';, of approved methods of instruction, and especially by making promineut the system of practically applying in the drawing-room, in the laboratory, in tlle shop and in the field, the lessons of the class-room. It thus endeavors to make its courses of high practical value. Ry the act of Congress granting publie lands for the endowment and maintenance of such colleges, it is provided that the leading object of such an institution ohall be, '" withont excluding other scientific and classical studies, and indudiug military tadics, to teach sut'h branches of learning as are related to Agrieulture and the .i\fodrnnic Arts.'' ,vhile the courses of study fully meet this requisition, and are espetially adapted to prepare the student for agricultuntl and meclwnienl pursuits, it is designed that the_y shall be also sufficiently comprd1cnsive, and of such a character, as to secure the discipline of mind and practieal experience necessary for entering upon other c 1llings or professions. CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION. Canclidates for admission to the Freshman Class must he not less than fifteen _years of age, and must pass a satisfactory examination in Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar ( especial attPntion should be given to Orthography, Punetuation and Capitals), History of the United States, Physical Geography, Book-Keeping, Algebra to Logarithms and Plane Geometry. Although the knowledge of Latin is not required as a condition _of admission, yet the study of this language is earnestly recom mended to all who intend to enter this Institution. Candidates for advanced standing must sustain a satisfactory examination in the preparatory branches, and in all the studies pre viously pursued by the class they propose to enter. Satisfactory testimonials of good moral character and industrious habits will be rigidly exacted. They should be presented on the day of examination. CATALOGUE, 13 The Friday following the last ·wednesday of June, and the day of the beginning of the first term in August, are the appointed times for the examination of candidates at the college. Arrangements have been made by which applicants accommodated by the plan may pass examination for admission without incurring the expense of coming to Orono. The gentlemen named below have been appointed examiners of tlie sections of the State in which they severally reside. C. P. Allen, B. S., Presque Isle. II. l\l. Estabrook, 1\1. S., Gorham. K S. Danforth, B. S., l Skowhegan. S. W. Gould, B. S., j lfrnry K. White, A. l\I., Newcastle. Rev. \V. R. Cross, l\lilltown, N. B . .A. C. Dresser, A. B. Bethel. I. C. Phillips, A. B., \Vil ton. Hon. N. A. Luce, Augusta. W. R. Whittle, A. B., Ellsworth. \V. E. Sargent, A. l\I., Hebron. Eclwin P. Sampson, A. B., Saco. Examiners will indicate to parties applying, the time and special place of examination. Arrangements have al::-io been ma(le with the Seminary at Bucksport and with the Academy at Hampden, by wl1ich students from these institutions may be a COURSES OF INSTRGCTION. Five full courses are provided, viz: A course in Agriculture, in Civil Engineering, in l\lecbanical Engineering, in Chemistry, and in Science and Literature. The studies of the several courses are essentially common for the first year, and are valuable not only in themselves, but also as furnishing a necessary basis for the more technical studies and the practieal instruction of the succeeding years. 14 STATE COLLEGE. Physical Geography, required on admission, serves as a suitable introduction to Geology, which is taken up in each of the courses. Physiology serves as an introduction to Comparative Anatomy, and Algebra. Geometry and Trigonometry, taught in the first year, are needed preliminaries to the higher mathematics and the practical applications required in Surveying, Engineering proper and Astronomy. Botan_y, Chemistry and Physics are highly impor tant branches, common to all the assigned courses, and hence taken by all tlle students who are candidates for degrees. Rhetoric, French and English Literature form the earlJ part of th~ line of studies which later includes German, Logic, History of Civilization, United States Constitution, Political Economy, and Mental and Moral Science, branches, several of which relate not more to literary culture than to social and civil relations, and to the proper preparation for the rights and duties of citizenship. Composition and Declamation are regular exercises in all the courses throughout the four years. For the charactcr~stic features of each course, reference is made to the explanatmy statements following the several schemes of study. SPECIAL COURSES. Students may he received for less time than that required for a full course, and they may select from the studies of any dass such branches as they are qualified to pursue successfully. Students in Special Courses are not entitled to degrees, but may receive certifi cates of proficiency. DEGREES. The foll course in Civil Engineering entitles to the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering; tlie full course in Mechanical Engi neering, to the Degree of Bachelor of .Mechanical Engineering; the full course in Agriculture, Chemistry, or Science and Literature, to the Degree of Bachelor of Science. Three years after graduation, on presentation of a satisfactory thesis with the necessary drawings, and proof of professional work or study, the Bachelors of Civil Engineering may receive the Degree of Civil Engineer; the Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering, the Degree of Mechanical Engineer; the Bachelors of Science, the Degree of Master of Science. CATALOGUE. 15 COURSE IN AGRICULTURE. FIRS'l' YEAR. First Term. Second Terrn. Physiology. Botany. Rhetoric. French. Solid Geometry. Logarithms and Trigonometry. P. M. Labor on Farm. P. l\1. Labor on Fann. Free-Hand Drawing. Mechanical Drawing. (F'. nf T.) Dissecting. Botanical Laboratory Work. (L. of 'l'.) SECOND YEAR. First Term. Second Term. Botany. Qualitative Chemistry. General Chemistry. Physics. (F. of 'l'.) French. German. Physics. Surveying. (L. of T.) P. M. Laboratory Work in Botany.English History (L. of T.) for hulies. Laboratory Work in Physics. P. 1\1. Field Work aml Forge ,vo1'k. Laboratory Physics. French Translations for V. THIRD YEAR. First Tenn. Second Term . . Agricultural Engineering, including Agricultural Chemistry, Landscape ~~arm Implements, Farm Drainage Gardening, Horticnltnre and Ar and Mecl•anical Cultivation of the boricnltnre and Farm Accounts. Soil. Zoology and Entomology. Agricultural Chemistry or Advanced Logic. ChemiRtry, for V. P. M. Laboratory vV ork and Ex- English and American Literature. perimental Farming or *Analysis German. of English Authors, and German P. M. Laboratory "\'Vork or *Analy- Translations. sis of English Authors and 'rrans lations from the French. FOUR'l'H YEAR. First Term. Second Term. Cattle Feeding and Dairy Farming. Stock Breeding and Veterinary Comparative Anatomy. Science. Sheep Husbandry and History of Civilization. Cultivation of Cereals. Political Economy. Mineralogy and Geology. P. 1\1. Experimental Farming and U. S. Constitution. A~ricultural Botany or *Transla- Mental and Moral Science. tions from German. P. M. Thesis and Laboratory Work and Theme and Thesis Work. *To be taken in Course in Science and Literature in place of study preceding. 16 STATE COLLEGE, EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS. This course is designed to fit young men to follow Agriculture as a profession with success, as well as to prepare them for the intelli gent performance of the duties of citizenship. To this end, the curriculum of studies is largely scientific and technical, not omitting, however, those branches that have been referred to as pertaining to social and civil relations. The instruction in Agriculture is given largely by lectures, and embraces subjects of great practical importance to the farmer, which are briefly explained un The instruction in Geology is by means of illustrated lectures and excursions, critical attention being given to the origin and formation of soils. Law-A course of lectures is given to the Senior Class on Inter national and Rural Law. Throughout the course, the endeavor is made to inculcate estab lished principles in agricultural science, and to illustrate and enforce them to the full extent admitted by the appliances of the laboratory and the farm. So far as possible, students are associated with whatever experimental work is carried on, that they may be better fitted to continue such work in after life. Those who complete this course receive instruction also in Mathe matics, French, German, English Literature, Logic. United States Constitution, Political Economy, and Mental and Moral Philosophy, and on presenting satisfactory theses upon some agricultural topic, are entitled to the degree of Bachelor of Science. The Course in Science and Literature includes French and German, the general, mathematical, and most of the scientific studies of the agricultural course. Instead of certain branches quite purely tech nical in the latter course, History, and English and American Litera ture are substituted. In the special laws of the State passed in 1872, it is provided that young ladies "who possess suitable qualifications for admission to the several classes may be admitted as students in the college.'' In arranging the course in Science and Literature, reference bas been had to this enactment. From this course, however, young men who desire it are not excluded, as on the other hand, young , ladies are not excluded from any of the other courses. CATALOGUE. 19 COURSE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. FIRST YEAR. First Term. Second Term. Solid Geometry. Logarithms and 'rrigonometry. Rhetoric. Botany. Physiology. French. P. M. Free-Hand Drawing. Mechanical Drawing. (F. of '1'.) Dissecting. P. M. Botanical Laboratory Work. Labor on Farm. (L. of 'l'.) Labor on Farm. SECOND YEAR. First Term. Second Term. Descriptive Geometry. Analytical Geometry. General Chemistry. German. French. Physics. (F. of T.) Physics. Surveying. (L. of 'r.) P. M. Mechanical Drawing. Qualitative Chemistry. Laboratory Work in Chemistry. P. M. Field Work. rrHIRD YEAR. First Term. Second Term. Calculus. Calculus. (F. of 'r.) Henck's Field Book and R. R. Sur Descriptive Astronomy. (L. of T.) veying. Mechanics. (F. of 'r.) German. Graphic Statics. (L. of T.) P. M. Field Work and Drawing. Logic. P. M. Isometric and Cabinet Pro jection ancl Perspective. FOURTH YEAR. First Term. Second Term. Civil Engineering. Civil Engineering, Designs and Speci-- Stereotomy. ( F. of 'I\) flcations. Sanitary Engineering. (L. of T.) Mineralogy and Geology. Practical Astronomy. U. S. Constitution. Political Economy. P. M. Designing and 'rhesis Work. P. M. Higher Surveying. 20 STATE COLLEGE. EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS. The object of this course is to give the student a thorough knowl edge of Higher Mathematics, Mechanics, Astronomy and Drawing, and, at the same time, a thorough drill in the use and care of the ordinary engineering instruments and in the application of the mathe matical principles and rules, so that the graduates can at once be made useful in engineering work and be fitted, after a limited amount of experience in the field, to fill positions of importance and trust. The course is also arranged so as to afford, so far as can be, the education required to prepare the graduate for a respon sible position among men, as well as among engineers. In this course the work is identical with that of the other courses during the first :year. During the fall term of the Sophomore year, students in this course work two hours each afternoon, in the draw ing room, on free-hand and mechanical drawing. In the last term of this year, the subject of land surveying is taken up. The first eight weeks are devoted to tinting, shading, etc., in water colors, while the remaining twelve weeks are given to practical surveying. Besides an hour's recitation each day, the class is engaged two hourB, either in the field or drawing room, becoming familiar with the use and care of instruments, putting into practice the problems found in the text-book, and making actual surveys. In the first term of the Junior year, Henck's Field Book is used as a text-book, from which the student obtains methods of running railroad curves, putting in switches and turnouts, setting slope stakes, and the calculation of earthwork. This is supplemented with examples worked by the student, and lectures on levelling 1 pre liminary and final surveys, and on the resistance to trains offered by grades and curves, together with the theory and construction of country roads, streets and pavements. These methods of the text book, so far as possible, are applied iu the field by the execution of the preliminary and final suneys of a railroad from the college build ings to some point on the Maine Central R. R., together with the necessary drawings, calculation of earthwork and estimate of the , cost of building and equipping the same. The subject of Applied Mechanics is taken up the last term of ,this year, in which the students receive a thorough training in the . principles underlying construction, illustrated as far as possible by .practical examples., in which these principles are applied. During CATALOGUE. 21 this term, each student in the class works two hours each day in the drawing room, where isometric, cabinet and per~pecti ve projec tion are taught by means of lectures and problems drawn by the students. During the first term of the Senior year an extende :MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. Mineralogy is taugllt by an introductory course of lectures, fol low..,d by laboratory practice in the determination of minerals and rocks, especial attention being given to their value for building pur poses. This is immediately followed by a course of lectures in Geology, together with excursions for the pupose of studying the rocks in sitil, and also superficial deposits. Critical examinations are made in various railroad e;uts of the hardness, slaty structure, jointed structure, etc., as bearing upon the cost of excavation. 22 STA.TE COLLEGE. ASTRONOMY. In the last part of the spring term, Descriptive Astronomy is taken by the students of the Junior Class, and Practical Astronomy in the first term, Senior year. The course in Astronomy is designed to enable students to deter mine with accuracy geographical positions. The principal instru ments emplo_yed are chronometer, sextant, transit, and for work of precision, the Repsold vertical circle, an instrument made in Ham burg, Germany, in 1874. for this Institution. Practical instruction is given in the use of these instruments, and in the most approved methods of redueing observations for the determination of !attitude and longitude. DEGREES. Students in this department secure the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering on graduating, with the full degree of Civil Engi neer three years after, on presentation of a satisfactory theRis, with proof of professional work or study. CATALOGUE. 23 COURSE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING . • FIRST YEAR. First Tenn. Second Terrn. Solid Geometry. Logarithms and 'l'rigonometry. Physiology. .Botany. Rhetoric. French. Fi·ee Hand Drawing. J\Iechanical Drawing. (F. ot T.) Dissectiug. Botanical Lab'y Work. (L. of 'l'.) P. l\L Labor on Farm. P. M. Labor on Fann. SECOND YEAR. First Term. Second Terrn. Descriptive Geometry. Analytical Geometry. French. Drawing and Kinematics. Physics. Physics. General Chemistry. Surveying. P. M. Carpentry. Qnalitative Chemistry. Lab'y Work in Chemistry. P. J\L Mechanical Drawing and Forge Work. THIRD YEAR. First Te1·m. Second Terni. Calculus. Calculus. (F. of 'l'.) Kinematirs. Descriptive Astronomy. (L. of T.) Vise Work. Mechanic; and Machine Design. P. M. Machine Drawing. Logic. Elements of Mechanism. Link and Valve Motions. P. M. Isometric and Cabinet Pro jection a11d Machine Drawing. FOUl{TH YEAR. First Term. Second Term. Steam Engineering. Steam Engineering. Practical Astronomy. Wood Turning. Political Economy. Hydraulic 'Engineering. P. M. Machine Drawing and De Mineralogy and Geology. signing. U. S. Constitution. P. M. Machine Drawing, Designing and Thesis Work. 24 STATE COLLEGE. EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS. It is the design of this course to give such a knowledge of Math- • ematics, Mechanics, Principles of Mechanism, Drawing and Manual Art as shall enable the student successfully to enter practical life as an engineer, with the same thorough education in subjects required to fit him for the general duties of life as is afforded by the other courses. The first two years' work is identical with that of the students in Civil Engineering, except that carpentry and forge work are taken the second year in place of part of the drawing. In the Junior year, the first term is devoted to the geometry of machinery, show ing the students how different motions may be obtained indeoend ently of the power required. Special attention is here given to the subject of gearing, and a full set of problems worked out, illustrating cases commonly occurring in practice. In the second term of this year the subject of the geometry of machinery is continued by lectures on other methods of transmitting motion, as by belts, cams, couplings, and links. Considerable time is given to the study and designing of the various valve and link motions used on the steam engine. During the same term instnwtion is given in mechanics and the laws of the strength of materials, the student being required to design machine details in accordance with those laws. The first part of the first term, Senior year, is employed in study ing the laws of the expansion of steam, and their influence upon the construction of steam engines and boilers, the subjeet heing illustrated by experiments on the shop engine, with the aid of an indicator. During the remainder of the term, the students are engaged in designing engines and other machines, and in making detail drawings of the same, such as would be required to work from in the shop. During the last term, Senior year, the study of steam engineering is continued in its application to compound engines, and the subject of hydraulic engineering is taken up briefly, by lectures on the the storage of water for power and the theory and construction of modern water wheels. CATALOGUE. 25 TEXT-BOOKS AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE. Weisbaoh, Mechanics of Engineering. Smith, Steam Engine. Goodeve, Elements of :Mechanism. Smith, Steam Boilers. .Mac Corel, Kinematics. Trowbridge, Steam Boilers • ~facCord, Sli1l€· Valve. Zeuner, Valve and Link Motions. Van Buren, Strength of Machinery. Auchincloss, Va.lve and Link Motions. Knight, Mechanical Dictionary. Clark, Manual. SHOP WORK. There are now three shops equipped according to the Russian E-ystem, and work in these is required of all students in this course. The first term of the Sophomore year, two hours of each day are devoted to work in carpentry, special attention being given to accuracy of workmanship. During the second term of the same _year, the student receives instruction in forge work, including the welding and tempering of steel. A course in vise work during thr first term of tlie Junior year gives the student practice in the various methods of shaping and fitting metals by the use of tb.e chisel, hack-saw and file. Dur ing their second term, the Junior students in this course take turns in running the shop engine, a11d are taught the rules of safety and economy in this br~nch of Engineering. Instruction in wood-turn ing is given during the last term of the Senior year. DRAWING. The work in drawing commences with a course in Free-Hand and Elementary Mechanical Drawing, extending through the Sophomore year. The first term of the Junior year, the student spends the time allotted to drawing in working out practical problems on the con struction of gear teeth, cams, etc., and in elementary practice in line-shading and tinting. The second term of this year is devoted to isometric projection, and the making of finished drawings in ink and in water colors. In the first term ot the Senior year, the student prepares an original design of some machine, makes working drawings of its details on traeing cloth, and finally prepares copies by the blue-print process. The afternoon work of the spriug term consists of making calcula- 26 STATE COLLEGE. tions for designs of engines and boilers, the construction of the necessary working drawings, and making thesis drawings. The remarks under Course in Civil Engineei'ing, with regard to ..Astronomy, Mineralogy and Geology, apply also to this course, and to them reference is made. Theses are required of all students as a condition of graduation, and must be on some subject directly connected with l\Iechanical Engineering. Students in this course receive the degree of Bachelor of .Mecban ieal Engineering upon graduation, with fuil degree of l\Iechanieal .Enginter three years afterwards upon presentation of a satisfactory thesis and proof of professional work or study. CATALOGUE, 27 COURSE IN CHEMISTRY. FIRST YEAR. First Term. Second Tenn. Physiology. Botany. Rhetoric, French. Solid Geom<>try. Logarithms and Trigonometry. P. M. Labor on Farm. P. M. Labor 011 Farm. Free Hand Drawing. Mechanical Drawiug. (F. of 'l'.) Dis.iectiug. Botallical Lab'y Work. ( L. of 'l'.) SECOND YEAR. First Terrn. Second Term. General Chemistry. Qualitative Chemistry. Botany. Physics. French. German. Physics. Surveying. P. M. Lab'y Work in Botany, P. M. Field Work. Physics, Chemistry. Laboratory Physics. 'l'H [RD YEAR. First Term. Second Terrn. Chemistry. Chemistry. German. Zoology and Entomology. English and American Literature. Logic. P. M. Laboratory Work. P. M. Laboratory Work. FOURTH YEAR. Fir:st Term. Second Term,, Chemistry. Chemical Laboratory Work. Comparative Anatomy. :Mineralogy and Geology. History of Civilization. U. S. Constitution. Political Economy, P. M. Laboratory Work: P. M. Laboratory Work. 28 STATE COLLEGE. EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS. This course aims to supply a want felt by students who wish to enter certain industries in which a somewhat extensive knowledge of Chemistry is important. The first two years are mainly like tliose of the other courses, Qualitative Analysis being, however, obligatory for these students in the second term of the Sophomore year. During the Junior year, daily recitations are held in advanced Inorganic Chemistry. In the Senior year, advanced Organic Chem istry is taken up. Sophomores have one exercise a week in Ele mentary Chemical experiments. The afternoons are devoted to Quantitative Chemical Analysis by the Junior and Senior students of the course. The work consists of the most useful gravimetric and volumetric methods, beginning with the simple estimations, which are followed by more complex analyses of alloys, minerals, fertilizers, farm products, &c. A short course in the assay of gold and silver is also given. The dass- room text-books used by this department are: Remsen's Chemistry and N aquet's Principes de Cbimie. Iu the Laboratory are usc,d : Craft's Qualitative Chemical Analysis, Fresenius' Quan titative Cherniual Aualysis, Frankland's Agricultural Chemical An al_ysis, Flint's Examination of Urine, Rickett's Notes on Assaying, Appleton's Qt1antitative Anal_ysis, and Classen's Quantitative Analysis. Valuable books of reference are found in the library. Students taking qualitative analysis must 1urnish a deposit of at lea.st five dollars when they begin ; those taking quantitative analysis are required to deposit at least seven dollars. 8tudents taking the Course in, Chemistry or an extended course in quantitative analysis are expected to provide themselves with a small platinum crucible. The students, after paseing all the required examinations and presenting satisfactory theses upon some chemieal subject, graduate with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Post graduate and special students can make arrangements with the Professor of Chemistry for an advanced or special course of laboratory work and recitations. TABLE OF HOURS-FIRST TERM, SENIORS. JUNIORS. ) SOPHOMORES, FRESHMEN, -- ·------7 .30 A. M. IUha pel Services. Chapel Services. Chapel Services. Chapel Services. 7 45 A M [History of Civilization, I, IV, V,-.-,G;;'"""· I, I(, IV, v. General Chemistry. Geometry. ' ' . Uiv~~~~ineering, II. Kinematics, III. Stock Feeding and Dairy Farmingg. I.IEnglish and American Literature, I, Botany,, I, IV, V. 8.40 A, M. Advauced Chemistry, IV. I lV, v. 1Practical Astronomy, II, III, Descriptive Geometry, II, III. c Vralouloa, II, III. ;i.. Stereotomy ( F. of T. ), II. ;;2 I[ Agricultural Engineering, I. t"1 9.35 A.M.ISanitary ~ngineering (L of T.), 0 • 1 Vise Work, III. French. Rhetoric. Comparative Anatomy, 1, lV, V. ~ Adrnnced Chemistry, IV. :5toam Engineering, 111. ~ -- .\gricultural Chemistry, I. 10.30 A.M./Political Economy. i'ield Hook, Road aud Railcood Su,. veying, IL Physics. Physiology. Vise Work, III. Laboratory aml Farm Practice, I Laboratory Work, I, IV. Laboratory Work in Chemistry. Labor on Farm. Higher Surveying, IL Field Work, II. Laboratory 'vVork in Botany, I, IV, V. Free-Hand Drawing. P. M. Designing and Drawing, IIL ~iachine Drawing, III. Laborat;ory Work in Physics, I, [V, V. Dissecting, two hours per Laboratory Work, lV. Analyois of English Authors and Mechanical Drawing, lI. week. German Translations, V. .French Translations, V. Uarpentry, lII. Military Exercises. Military Exercises. Military Exercises. Military Exercises. I NOTE. -Roman numerals refer to cours es as follows: [, Agriculture; II, Civil Eng.; III, Mech Eng.; IV, Chemistry; Y, Science and Lit. ~ ~ 1 TABil'• ~J OF HOURS.__-.__ECOND S T Irnl\f • SENIORS, JUNIORS, SOPIIOMORES, FRESHMEN, --- 7.30 A. M. Chapel Services. Ch ape l Services. Chapel Services. Chapel Services. Agric ultural Chemistry, etc., I. Mineralogy. Calcul German, I, II, IV, V. 7.45 A. M. us (F. of T.), II, III. Geology. Ad van ced Chemistry, IV. Drawing and Kinematics, III. Descri ptive Astronomy. {L. of T.) Mental and Moral Science, I, V. Civil Engineering (F. of T. ), II. Qualitative Analysis. 8.40 A. M. Contracts, Specifications, etc., II. Logic. Botany. Wood Turning, III. Analytical Geometry, II, III. Laboratory Work, IV. Stock Breeding and Veterinary Sci-lzo,,log y and Entomology, I, IV, V. ence and Cultivation of Cereals, I. Appli ed Mechanics (F of T. ), II. 9.35 A.M. Qualitative Analysis. Steam Engineering & Hydraulics, III. Graph ic Sta tics ( L of T. ), II. French. Laboratory work, IV. Eleme nts of Mechanism (F, ofT. ), III. Link a nd Valve Motion (L. ofT.), III. y and Entomology, I, IV, V. Physics. (F, of T,) Zoo log Logarithms and 10.30 A.M. U. S. Constitution. Surveying, (L. of T.) Trigonometry. Meeha nics and Machine Design, III. English History {L, of T.), for ladies. Thesis and Laboratory Work, I. Laboratory and Garden Practice, I. Labor on Farm. Designing and Thesis Work, II. Isome tric and Cabinet Projection, and Forge Work, I, III. Mechanical Drawing. P.M. Machine Drawing and Thesis Work, Pers pective, II. Field Work, I, II, IV, V. (F. of T,) III. Drawi ng, III. Laboratory Physics. LGboratory Work in Laboratory Work, IV. Labora tory Work, I, IV. French Translations, V. Botany. (L. of T,} Theme and Thesis Work, V. Ger ma n Translations, V. Military Exercises. Military Exercises. Military Exercises. Milita ry Exercises. CATALOGUE, 31 LABOR. It is a characteristic feature of the college, that it makes provision for labor, thus combining practice with theory, manual labor with scientific culture. The maximum time of required labor is three hours a day for five days in the week. The larger part of the labor is educational, and for such labor no compensation in money is made. Students in the lowest class per form non-educational labor when required by the college and receive compensation, according to their industry, faithfulness and efficiency, The maximum price paid is ten cents an hour. In arranging for compensated labor, it should be understood that the college does not engage to furnish opportunities for such labor continuously, but rather as the farm and other interests require. The students of the three upper classes carry on their principal labor in the laboratory, the drawing rooms, the workshops, or in the field, and for such labor they receive no pecuniary consideration, since it is of a purely educational character. MILITARY INSTRUCTION. Thorough instruction in Military Science is given by an officer detailed by the Secretary of War from the active list, United States Army, and is continued throughout the entire course. All able bodied male students receive instruction in the school of the soldier, company and battalion drill. Arms and equipments are furnished by the United States Government. The uniform, furnished by stu dents, is a dark blue blouse similar to the regulation blouse of an army officer, but with State of Maine buttons and gilt braid on cuff, and for officers, with chevrons and shoulder straps of red and gold ; the pants of lighter blue with gilt braid on outside seams ; the cap blue with gold wreath ornament. The uniform is required to be worn during military exercises, and it is recommended that it be worn at recitations and at other class and general college exercises. LOCATION. The college has a pleasant and healthful location, between the villages of Orono and Stillwater, about a mile from each. Stillwater 32 STATE COLLEGE. river, a tributary of the Penobscot, flows in front of the buildings, forming the western boundary of the college farm, and adding much to the beauty of the surrounding scenery. The Maine Central Railroad, over which trains pass many times each day, has a station at the village of Orono. The college is within nine miles of the city of Bangor, and is consequently easily accessible from all parts of the State. FARl\1 AND BUILDINGS. The college farm contains three hundred and seventy acres of land, of high natural productiveness, and of great diversity of soil, and is therefore well adapted to the experimental purposes of the Insti tution. Wingate Hall, the building first erected, affords excellent accom modations for a limited number of students. The lower rooms of this building are appropriated to general and class purposPs. Oak Hall contains forty-eight rooms, and has connected with it a boarding-house for students. With these buildings, the Institution furnishes desirable accommodations for one hnndred and twenty five students. The Laboratory contains two apparatus rooms, a lecture room, a weighing room, a recitation room, and rooms for analytical and other purposes, and is in all respects admirably adapted to the wants of the chemical department. The Shop, built during the summer of 1883, is equipped for in struction in tbree oepartments of meehanical work, viz: filing, forg ing and working in wood. Cohurn Hall is occupied by the departments of Natural History and Agriculture. In addition to the rooms needful for the two de partments named, it contains a large audience-room, a commodious room for the College Library, and a room especially arranged for a Physical Laboratory. APPARATUS. The College is furnished with valuable apparatus for the depart ments of Agriculture, Chemistry, Physics, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, to which additions are made as the ex igencies of the several departments require. Modt'lls have been CA.TA.LOGUE, 33 mane by instructors and students and others have been purchased that serve for purposes of instruction. LIBRARY. The library contains five thousand volumes, a large part of which has been obtained through tbe generosity of the late Ex-Governor Coburn. Valuable additions have also been made to it by other friencis of the college, only a small number of the volumes having been purchased with money appropriated by the State. It is earnestly hoped that so important an auxiliary in the education of the student will not be disregarded by the people of the State, and thvt liberal contributions will be ma.de to the library, not only of agricul tun.tl and scientific works, but also of those profitable to the general rearler. Tl1e following periodicals are supplied hy tbe college to the library; American JJurnal of Sdence and Art, Popular Science l\lontbly, National Live Stoc;k .Journal, American Agriculturist, Journal Royal Agrieultnral S,>ciety (England), Journal Franklin In.;;titnte, Ameri c:;i.n Engineering l\fagazine and Railroad Journal, Century l\Iagazine, Atlantic Mon tul.r, Harper's l\Ionthly Magazine, North American Review, Eclut.:ation, American Machinist, Science, American Nat urali;;;t, Botanical Gazette, Mediaoical Engineer, Journal of Com JJarative Medit.:ine and Surgery, Agricultural Science. READING ROOM. Tbe reading room is supplied with a number of valuable news papers and periodicals. Grateful adrnowledgment is herewith made fo1· tile following papers, generously sent by the proprietors to the college: American Cultivator, American Sentinel, Aroostook Republican, Go"-pel Banne1·, Eastern Farmer, Kennebec Journal, Lewi~ton Jour nal, l\faine Farmer, Maine Indus~rial Journal, New England Farmer, Oxford Democrat, Piscataquis Observer, Portland Transcript, Som erset Reporter, Daily vVbig and Courier, Zion's Herald, Official Gah~tte U. S Patent Offiee, Bangor Daily Commercial, Farmington Chronicle, Phillips Phonograph, Springvale Advocate, Mount Desert Herald, Maryland Farmer, Dexter Gazette, Eastport Sentinel, Bee Journal, American Garden, Mirror and Farmer, Temperance Record, The Industrialist (Kansas). 3 34 STATE COLLEGE. The following papers are furnished by subscription, principally by the students: American 1\Iachinist, Cultivator and Country Gentleman, Colby .Echo, Bowdoin Orient, Scientific American, Scien ti tic American Supplement, Eastern Argus (furnished by S. \V. Gould), Lewiston Evening.Journal, .Journal of Education, Sanitary Engineer, Popular Science News, vVashington Post, Boston Herald, Family Herald and \Yt~ekl.r Star (Montreal), Portland Express, Boston Record, Boston (}Jobe ( furnished by A. l\I. Miller). CABINET. The natural history coilecfrrns of the college include about nine hnndred named and mounted species of the fl1nvcring pla11ts of l\laine; a colh:ction of sections of tropical s1wcies of ,vood presented l,_v tltc Tkpartrncnt of Agriculture at ,vashington, aud a similar collection or tlH· P11ited St.ates species from the Census Bureau. The cutlt,ge aim has a working collection of carefully selected forms r(•pn·scuting the promiuent groups of the animal kingdom ; a Luge aud v:iluable coilection of l\Iaine insects, carefully mounted aud autlicutieally name<1, and a fine collection of marine animals in aleolwl, mostl.r from the coast of l\laine, donated to the college by tbe G uitcd States Fish Commissioner. The above collections, t()gcther with charts, diagrams, skeletons, models, microscopes anct other apparatus for illustrating the studies in natural history, are on exhibition in Coburn Hall. On exhibition also are a good series of the more common minerals and ores supplemented by a collection presented by the National l\Iuseum; a collection of building stones from many of the J\faine quarries, and a collection presented by the Smithsonian Institution, together with a series of microscopical seetions of building stones, given by G. P Merrill, l\L S. In the same room is exhibited a series of typieal fossils which illustrate the various geological hori zons, together with a collection of Indian stone implements, and - various curiosities presented by the friends of the Institution. PUBLIC WORSHIP. All students are required to attend daily prayers at the college, and public worship on the Sabbath at some one of the neighboring churches, unless excused by the President. L CATALOGUE, 35 YOUNG l\IEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. The stndents of the college maintain an active organization of the Yonng 1\fe11's Christian Association, holding meetings weekly. Its elevating intlnence in the college is clearly manifest, especially in the earnest and high moral and Christian life of those who consti tute its membership. EXPENSES. Tuition i,, thirty dollars a year, divided equally between the two terms. The cost of material and repair of tools for the coun~e of instruction in the vise shop is ten dollars ; in the forge shop, nine dollars; in the wood shop, fonr dollars. Laboratory 0xpen-:es are at cost of glass ware broken, injury to apparatus, and f~hernieals used. .A. deposit of five dollars it1 required of students entcrin~ npon a term's work in Qualitative Analysis, and of sevi:'n dollars per term from students in Quantitative Analysis. nourn n·nt is four llullars for the first term and five dollars for the second term of the college year. Students resirl:ng too far from the college to lfre at home are required to room and board at the college, unless special permission to live elsewh<~rc be granted by the President. Students receiving such permission pay room rent and foel rent as though residing at the college. Heckling and furniture must be supplied by the students, who also furnish their own lights. Tables, chairs, bedsteads, sinks and husk mattresses can he purchased at the college at moderate rates. The price of hoard is two dollars and sixty cents per week; wash ing userages not more than sixty cents per dozen. The wanning by steam of single rooms ( each suitable for two occupants) has averaged for the past six years about eleven dollars a room for ead1 term. The expense of heating recitation rooms and rooms fur general purposes has been about two dollars a term for each student, and the iucidcntal expenses, including pay for the services of janitor, pay for bringing mail~ for cleaning and renovat ing rooms, for general repairs, &c., have been about three dollars per term for each student. 36 STATE COLLEGE. From the items given, with an allowance of a few dollars a year for necessary text-books, quite an accurate estimate of needful expenses can be made. The college term bills are payable, one-half at the commence ment, and the remainder at or before the close of each term. As security for the payment of college bills, a bond of one hun dred and fifty dollars with satisfactory securities is required. A blank form of lJond will be given with the ticket of admission. MEANS OF DEFRAYING EXPENSES. The terms are so arranged that the long vacation occurs in the winter, that students may have an opportunity to teach dnring that time. The summer vacation is in the haying season, when farm labor is most profitable. By availing tliemselves of the opportu nities thus afforded, together with the allowance for labor on the college form, industrious and economical students can cancel the greater part of their college expenses. SCHOLARSHIPS. The trustees make provision for the establishment of free scholar ships by the following action: Voled, That any individual or society paying to the Trea,urer a sum not lcs;i than seven hundred and fifty dollars, shall be entitled to one perpetual free scholarship in the college. OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. PHESIDENT. P1wF. G. II. IIAl\ILIN, Orono. RECORDING SECRETARY, P1-wF. -WALTER FLINT, Orono. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. CHAS. S. DICKFORD, Belfast. TREASURER. PROF. W. H. JORDAN, Orono. NECROLOGIST. K 1\1. BLANDING, Bangor. CLASS SEC~ETARIES. 1872. K .J. HASKELL, Saccarappa. 1873. .T. M. OAK, Bangor. 1874. \Y. BALENTINE, Orono. 1875. E. F. HITCHINGS, Warren, Mass. 187G. N. P. HASKELL, Orono. 1877. S. W. GOULD, Skowh0gan. 1878. E. C. ·w ALKER, Lovell. rn79. F. K KIDDER, Denver, Colo. 1880. A. H. BROWN, Oldtown. 1881. A. T. INGALLS, So. Bridgton. 1882. C. F;. BICKFORD. Belfast 1883. C. K PUTNAM, Boston, Mass. lk84. G. H. ALLAN, Portland. 1885. H. T. FERNALD, Amherst, Mass. 1886. J. F. LOCKWOOD, ~ew York City. 1887. C. F. STURTEVANT, l\Iinneapolis, l\:Iinn. 1888. W. J. HANCOCK, Saco, Me. GRADUATES. CLASS OF 1872. Nmne and Occupation. Residence. Benjamin F. Gould, C. E., Fanning and Real Estate, Holliston, California George E. Hammond, C. E. Civil Engineer, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. Etiwin J. Ha-,kell, B. S. Silk l\1annfacturer...... Saccarappa Hechlle Hilliard, C. E., Civil Engineer ...... OiJt,)wu Eber D. Thomas, B. S., Civil Engineer .... Grand Rapitls, .:\Iid1. George 0. \Yeston, B S., Fann~:r...... Norrid;;e\-vock CLASS OF 1873. Russell ·w. Eaton, C. E.., S11pt. l\forelrnnt's 1\l'f'g. Co. l\Iontr,,aL Quebec George I-I. Hamlin, C. E., Professor CiYil l(ngincering, l\laine State College, Orono F, eel \V. HPlt, c E.' Sn pt. .... G. s. R. IL, St. George, N. n. John l\I. Oak, B. S., Saksman.. Bangor *Cbatlc~ E Reed, C. E., Agent Columhia Bridge Co., D::tyton, Ohio Frank Lamson Scribner, B. S .. Professor, Botany and Horticultural Unive:rsity, Knoxville, Tenn. Harvey B. Thayer, B S., Druggist ...... Presque Isle CLASS OF 1874. William A. Allen, C. E., Chief Engineer, 1\1. C. R. R ... Portland "\Valter Balentine, l\I. S., Professor of Agriculture, State College, Orono William H. Gerrish B. S., l\L D., Physician .... J.Uerrimac, Mass. John I. Gurney, B. S. Florist ...... Dorchester, Mass. David R. Hunter, B. S...... Oakland, Cal. Louise H. Ramsdell, B. S., (l\Irs. Milton D. Noyes, Farmer,) Atkinson *Deceased. 40 STATE COLLEGE. CLASS OF 1875. Name and Occupation. Resi:!ence. Solomon \V. Bates, C. E. Solicitor of Patents and Mechanical Engineer, Portland Wilbur A. Bumps, C. E., l\L D., Pb,rsieian ...... Dexter *Samud H. Clapp, C. E., Tt:>acher...... Danvers, l\lass. Lewis F. Coburn, C. E. Civil Engineer ..... Crescent City, Cal. Clrnrles F. Coles worthy, Il S ...... Pendleton, Nt:vadi *Charles F. Durham, C. E., Teacher...... Crescent City, Cal. Alfrerl J\I. Goodale, B. S. Supt. Boston l\f'f'g Co., 1Valrharn, ~lass. Edson F. Hitchings, C. E., Priucipal High ::;cl10ol .. ,Varren, l\lass. ,Vhitman II. Jordan, M. S., Dirl'ctor Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono Edward D. l\Iayo, l\l. E., l\Iill Furnisher and Draughtsman, ' Minneapolis, l\Iinn. Albert E. 1\Iitchell, l\I. E., l\fochauical Engineer .... Altoona, Penn. Allen G. l\Iitehell, C. E., Divb,iou .Eugiueer, Pennsylvania Railroad, Cornelb,villP, Pa. *Fred L. l\Ioore, B. S , Tcadwr ...... California Luther \V. Rogers, B. S., Merchant ...... ,Vaterville l\Iinott \V. Sewall, l\l. E., P11eumatic Dynamite Gnn Co., New York City. GC'orgc JU. Shaw, C. E. Principal of Sdwols ...... Oroville, Cal. \Vesley \Vebb, l\l. S., Editor Fann aud Horne ...... Dover, Del. *Edgar A. \York, C. E ...... U.S. l\lilitar_y Aeademy CLASS OF 1~76. Edmund Abbott, B. S., l\I. D., Physician ...... Providence, R. I. Charles P. Allen, B. S. Lawyer and Banker...... Presque Isle .Elbridge H. Beeldcr, C. E., Chief Engineer, l\Ion. Cen. R'y, Helena, Mon. Fred l\l. Bisbee, C. E., Drug-gist ...... Wachita, Kansas Edward l\L Blamliug, B. S., Editor l\Iaine Indnstrial Journal, Bangor Charles l\I. Brainard, B. S. Lumberman ...... Skowhegan *George H. Buker, B. S., Apothecary ...... Presque Isle Florence H. Cowan, B. S., Teacher...... Lynn, l\Iass. *Deceased. CATALOGUE. 41 -i Name and Occupation. Resiclence. Oliver Crosby, l\L E. Treasurer and Manager, American M'f'g. Co., St. Paul, l\finn. Vetal Cyr. B. S., Principal Madawaska Training School. .. F,)rt Kent James E. Dike, C. E., City Engineer and County Surveyor, Devil's Lake, Dakota *Willis 0. Dike, B. S ...... Gorham Horace l\I. Estabrooke, l\I. S., Ass't Prin. Normal Sebool, Gorham .Arthur M. Farrington, B. S., Ass't U. S. Dep't. of Animal Industry, B. V. S., ·wasbington, D. C. George 0. Foss, C. E., Ass't Engineer, N. P. R. R ... Butt\~, l\lon. ·William T. Haines, B. S., L. L.B., Lawyer ...... ·waterville H!nr:v F. Hamilton, B. S., D. D. S., Dentist ...... Boston, Hass; Newall P. Haskell, B. S., Farmer ... '...... Orono Edward S. How, JU. E., Oiliee Light House Board, Treas. Dep't., ·wasbington, D. C. Philip ·w. Hubbard. B. S., Grocer ...... Albarnl>rn, Cal. Samuel JU. Jones, nl. E., l\Iedianical Engineer .. Woreester, lH:1ss. Albert A. Lewis, B. S., Clergyman ...... Brewer HerlF'l't A. Long, JU E., Farmer...... Roque Island, JHacllias Lutller R. Lothrop, C . .E., Dirision Eugineer N. Pac. & Mon. R. R., Helena, l\ion. Nelson H. Martin, B. S .. Teacher .•...... Ft. Fairfield Clrn.rles E Oak, l\I. E., Lumberman ...... _...... Caribou George D. Parke, C. E., Lawyer and Civil Engineer .. Brunswick Hayward Pierce, B. S., "\Vest Wale.lo Granite Works. . . Frankfort Frank R. Reed, C. E., Carpenter...... Roxbury Henry J. Reynolds, I3. S., Druggist ...... ; .... Eastport Cbarles W. Rogers, l\I. E., .Mechanical Engineer ... Boston, Uass. "William L. Stevens, l\I. E., Commission l\1ercl.rn.nt, l\linneapolis, JUinn. John H. ·Williams, B. S., Government Surveyor ...... Dakota CLASS OF 1877. Alvah ·D. Blackington, C. E., Division Engineer, Erie R. R., Dunmore, Pa. RobE::rt B. Burns, C. E., 1\Iercbant ...... Attiea, Kansas *Deceased. 42 ST.A.TE COLLEGE. Name aud Occupation. Residence. Eugene H. Dakin, B. S., Sec'y and Treas , Industrial Jonrnal, Bangor Edward F. Danforth, B . .S., Lawyer...... Skowhegan Augu::itus J. Elkins, B. M. E., City Engineer, Fergus Falls, Minn. Alicia T. Emery, B S...... Orono Samuel '\V. Gould, B S., Law,rer . . . . Skowhegan *Joseph C. Lunt, B. C. E., ·civil Engineer, Mex. C. R. R., El Paso, Texas Fnd F. Phillips, B. S .. Ins. Agent ...... Bangor *Samuel Sbaw, B . .M. E , Arehiteotural Draughtsman, Boston, l\1ass. Frank P. Stone, B S., Fanner.·...... Livermore Falls Thomas J. Stevens, B. M. E., Druggist ...... Portland George E. Sturgis, B. C. E., Druggist ...... Portland, Oregon Charles E. Town, B. C E., U. S. Surveyor...... Helena, Montana James '\V. ·weeks, Il. M. E., Draughtsman .... Des Moines, Iowa Nellie E. ·weeks, B. S., (lHra. Llewellyn Spencer) ...... Orono Ivan E. Webster, B. S ...... Ashland, Wis. CLASS OF 1878. Ernm a Brown, B. S., Teacher, (l\Irs. Charles G ilmao) . . . Enfield Andrew J. Caldwell, B. J\1. E., l\leeh. Engineer .. Brookl,rn, N. Y. Ceeil C. Cuarnberlab, B. S., Merdrnnt ...... Anoka, J'liiun. George E. Fernald, B. C. E., Salesman...... Waterloo, Iowa James Heald, B. S., Civil Engineer, Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern R. R., Seattle, Wash. T. J 01111 Locke, B. S ...... Wilh l\laine Central R. R., Portland Frank J. Oakes, B. C. E., Drauglltsman. . . . Brooklyn, N. Y. J olln C. Patterson, B. C. E., AEsistant Engineer, St. P., 1\1. & M R. R., St. Paul, Minn. '\\Tinfield E. Tripp, B. C. E., Law Student, State University, Madison, '\Vis. Edward C. ·walker, B. S., Lawyer ...... Lovell Otis C. "\Yebster, B. S., Druggist ...... Augusta CLASS OF 1879. Harry P. Bean, C. E., A.ss't Engineer, N. B. R.R., Woodstock, N. B. *Deceased. CATALOGUE. 43 Name a,1d Occu,patfon. Residence. Edward ,J. Blake, C. E., Cllief Engineer, St. J. & C. B. Hail way, St. ,Toc.eph, l\Io. Simon P. Crosby, B. S., Lawyer ...... St. Paul, Miun. John D. Cntter, B. S., .l\I. D., Physician ...... ChicHgo. Ill. Wilbur F. Decker~ 1\1. E., Mech. Engineer .. l\linneapuli:-;, Minn. David A. Deerow, B. C. E., Holly l\1'f'g Cornp~ny, Lockport, New York "Willis E. Ferguson, B. S., Farming and Real Estate, Alhambrn, California Charles "YV. Gibbs, C. E., Chief Engineer, Silverton H. H, , Silverton, Col. Annie 1\1. Gould B. S., (l\frs. Loomis F. Goodale) .1\lonurnent, Colorado *Nellie 1\1. Holt, B. S., T(•acher...... Ornno Frank E. Kiddi.'l', C. E., Architect...... Denver, Colorado l\Iark D. Libby, B. C. E., Lawyer ...... , ...... King1wrn, Kan. *Charl<:'s S. Loring, R. 1\I. E., Machinist...... L.!wiston George P. 1\!Prrill, )I. S., Curator, Nat. l\fosPum, \Vashington, D. C. John \V. Meserve, B. l\I. E., Chief Draughtsman, Yale & Towne l\l'f'g Co., Stamford, Conn. Arthur L. l\Ioore, B. S., Farmer...... \Vat("l'Ville Charles A. :\Iorse, C. E., Div. Engineer, A. T. & S. F. re R, Topeka, I~ansas Fred D. Potter. B. 2\I. E , Engineer and Contractot'. N cw Y 01 k City Alton J. Shaw, B. 1\1. E., Draughtsman, E. P. Allis & Co., l\lilwanket>, ,Vis. Percia A. Yinal, l\I. S., (l\Irs. Albert White)...... Orono George 0. ,Vurren, B. S., Farmer...... Fryeburg Herbert ·Webster, B. S., Grocer...... A Hmm bra, Cal. CLASS OF 1880. Horaee \V. Atwood, B. S., D. V. S. Veterinary Surgeon Broekton, l\lass. James 1\l. Bartlett, lH. S., Analytical Chemist, Agricultural Experiment Station. Ornno Albert H. Brown, B. S., Banker ...... Oldtown *Deceased. ' 44 STATE COLLEGE. Nwrne and Occupation. Residence. J\Iaruia Davis, B. S., Clerk, Office Registry of Deeds, West Bay City, Michigan Fred B. Elliot, B. S. Farmer... . • ...... B0wdoiubam Sarah P. Farrington, Il. S., (:Mrs. George P. l\lerrill), vV ashington, D. C. Charles ,Y. Ft rnald, B. S., l\fercbant ...... So. Levant Frd ,v. Fid(ett, l\I. r,., Farmer and Lawscr ... Galveston, T,:xas George W. Lufkin, B. C. E., Asst. Eugineer W. ~ N. R. R. ,vilmington, Del. Frank A. l\Iansfield, 1\1. 8., Clergyman ...... Du.~tun, .:\Iass. Au11ie A l\Lttthews, B. S. Teaeher...... SLilLvater 1-lt>niy "'· )forray, B. C. E., Teaeher ..... Nnppa City, C~ilifornia Frat1klin R. Patten, C. E., Supt. Iron \Yorks, Darns to 11, Cheslt,~r Uounty, Pa. Charles T. Pease, B. S. Division Engineer C. K. & N. R. R. Denver, Culorado James F. Purington, B. S., Farmer...... B0wdoin CLASS OF 1881. Hem.r II. Andrews, JU. E. Bank Cashier...... Callaway, Neb. Hemy \Y. Brown, l\I. S., Instructor l\Ietaphssics, Literary Institute, New llauipton, N. H. Clara L Bud:, B. S., (l\Irs. Tllo mas \V. Hiue) .. l-'licetJix:, ..Arizona Fa111J1e E. Colburn, B. S., (~Hrs. Arthur L. Fernald), Omaha, Nebraska Edward II. Farrington, lU. S., Chemist, Agricultural Experiment ~tation, Hanover, N. H. Oliver C. Farrington, 1\1. S. Post Graduate, Yale Cull~ge New Haven, Conn. Charles II. Fvgg, B. C. E., Div. Supt., Pann. R. R., Greensburg, Pa. Aldana T. Ingalls, B. C. E...... So. Bridgton RolJL'.l't J. ,J uhuson, B. C. E., City Engineer Dep't .. St. Paul. l\linn. Clara A. Libuy, B. S., l\I11linery and Fancy Goods. . . . . Augusta Horn<..:e .F. l\ldntire, B. 1\1. E., l\lillwright...... Waldoborough Chailes L. J.\foor, B. C. E., Lumber Business ...... Hartland *Belljamiu F. J.\lurray, B. C. E...... ~till 1Vater *Deceased. • CATALOGUE. 45 Name and Occ1tpation. Residence. Edwin ·w. Osborne, B. C. E., N. Pacific R. R. _ .. Brainard, Minn. Oscar L. Pease, B. S., Station Agent So. Pac. R. R. Gila Bend, Arizona Harold nl. Plaisted, B. M. E. (M. E., Stevens Institute) witll Barney & SmiLh l\l'f'g. Co., Da:yton, Ohio A1ice I. Ring, B. S ...... , ...... Orono Mary L. Riug, B. S., Teacher...... •..... Orono *Rm,<:oe L. Smith, B. S., Farmer ...... Lewiston George W. Sturtevant, B. C. E., Civil Engineer and Contractor, Minneapolis, Minn. Fra11k S. Wade, B. S., 1\1. D., Physidan ...... Richmond, "\Vis. WalLn _c\. "\Yliite, B. C. E., L. L.B. La.wyer...... N\..'.wport *John D. "\\Tilson, B. S., Medical Student ...... Orono Levi A. W )'man, B. C. E., Lawyer and Civil Engineer .... ElLnvorth CLASS OF 1882. Charles S Dickforcl, B. S., Salesman ...... Bdrast Jacob L. Boynton, B. S ...... Marlboro, :i\Iass. Charks i,V. Brown, B. JH. E., Draughtsman .... Indianapoli::, Ind. Stephen J. Buzzell, B. C. E., Civil Engineer ...... Argyle Oscar H DLtnLon, B. M. E., Draughtsm1.n, ·with Harris Corliss Engine Co., Providence, R. I. Walter Flint, 1\I. E., P1ofessor :Mech. Engineering, l\I. S. C., Orono George R. Fuller, B. S., Lawyer ...... Tremont Charles C. Garland, B. S., Banker and Dealer in Pine Lands, l\1inneapolis, l\Iinn. Joseph F. Gould, B. S., Lawyer...... Bangor Thomas \V. Hine, B. S., Lawyer and Banker ... Phreoi:x, Arizona Will R. Howard, B. S., Principal Eng. Dep't l\lil. Academy, Highland Park, Ill. Alonzo L Hurd, B. S., Hampden ·wateh Co ...... Canton, Ohio Alfred .J. Keitl1, B. C. E., Civil Engineer...... Oldtown Frank I. Kimball, C. E., Mining Engineer ...... Greensburg, Pa. James H. Patten, B. S., M. D., Physician ...... Ellsworth Frederi(; :i\I. Reed, B. 1\1. E., Draughtsman 1 B. & S. l\l'f'g Co., Providence, R. I. Gleason C. Snow, B. S., Farmer ...... North Orrington Avel'y P. Starrett, B. 8., Farmer ...... ·warren *Deceased. 46 STATE COLLEGE. Nanie r(,nd Occupation. Resiclence. Frank H. Todd, B. C. E., City Engineer ...... St. Cloud, Minn. EhC'n C. ,vebster, B. S., Lumber J.\,fanufacturer ...... Orono ·Willard A. Wight, B. C. E., Supt. Gas Works .... Trinidad, Col. Daniel C. Woodward, B. 1\I. E., Draughtsman .... l\lilwaukee, 1Vis. CLASS OF 1883. James II. Cain, B. S., Time Keeper .....•...... Great Works Jon a than V. Cilley, B. C. E., Railroad Engineer, Buenos Ayres, Arg. Rep., S. A. Frank E. Emery, B. S., Superintendent Farm, N. Y. Agricultural Expt. Station, Geneva, N. Y. Arthur L. Fernald, B. S., Salesman ...... Omaha, Nebraska Bartholomew P. Kdleber, B. S., l\I. D., Physician ...... Orono Lucius II. lUerrill, B. S., Analstical Chemist, Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono ,Jennie C. l\Iichaels, B. S., Teacher ...... Stillwater Charles ,v. 1\Iullen, B. C. E., Civil Engineer ...... Oldtown Truman ::\1. Patten, B. C. E., Civil Engineer ...... Bruce, \Vis. Harry \Y. Powers, B. S., Manufacturer ...... Orono Uha1h~s E. Putnam, B. C. E., Civil Engineer, Franklin Park, Boston, l\Iass. Lewis Robinson, Jr., n. 1\I. E., l\I. D., Physician ...... Bangor George A. Sutton, B. C. E., Merchant ...... ~ ...... Abbot Lc,·i \L Taylor, 1\I. S., Principal Com. Dep't, M. C. Institute, Pittsfield CLASS OF 1884. George II . .Allan, B S., Lawyer ...... Portland *Will H. Burleigh, B. C. E...... Vassalboro' :Mary F. Conroy, B. S., Deputy, Post Office ...... Orono Lt·slic ,v. Cutter, B. C. E., Contractor and Builder ...... Bangor Harriet C. Fernald, 1\1. S., Assistant Librarian, Maine State College, Orono .Elmer .K Hatch, B. S., Farmer...... Roseland, .1\fon. John E. Hill, B. C. E , U.S. Signal Service, Fort Tossen, Dak. Ter. Joseph G. Kelley, B. C. E., Civil Engineer ...... Bar Harbor Edwin F. Ladd, B. S., Chemist, Experiment Station. Geneva, N. Y. *Deceased. CATALOGUE. 47 }tame ancl OccnpaUon. Residence. Clarence S. Lunt, B. C. E., City Editor Commercial ...... Bangor Fred L. Stevens, B. S., :Medical Student...... '1\·rntJle 'William Webber, ll. 1\1. E., Draughtsman, l\IcCormic:k II. :\I. \r orks, Chicago, Ill. CLASS OF 1885. (;eorge "\V. Chamberlain, B. S., Principal Grammar School, Farmington, N. H. Asher Dole, B. C. E., Civil Engineer ...... Butte, Mon. Frank 0. Dutton, B. S , Teacher...... Orono Henry T. Fernald, JH. S., Post Grachrnte in Biolog:y 1 ,Johns Hopkins P niver:"ity, Baltimore, l\Id. Elmer 0. Goodridge, 1\1. E., Ass't Engineer, J\Ion. Cl'11. Railway, Hi,lPna. l\Ionburn GrorgE' L. Hanscom, B. S., Clegyrnan ...... Blic;s,_N. Y. ,Janws N. Hart, B. C. K, Instructor, l\Iaine State College .. Or()no Frank E. Hull, B. C. E., Civil Engineer...... Monson Anstin H. Keyes, B. C. E., Book-Keeper, E. P. Allis & Co., l\I il waukee, 'Wis. V{illiam Morey, .Jr., B. C. E., Draughtsman, U. S. Signal Offiee, \Vashington, D. C. ,Joseph P. Moulton, B. S., Farmer...... Springvale Leonard G. Paine, :M:. E., Draughtsman, Pratt & 'Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn. Elmer E. Pennell, B. ::M. E., l\Iachinist, Loco,r,otlve ;Yorks, Providence, R. I. Louis W. Riggs, B. 1\1. E., Instructor Chemistry and Physics, Mt. Hermon, l\Iass. Fremont L. Russell, B. 8., D. V. S., Veterinarian to Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono CLASS OF 1886. Bert J. Allan, B. C. E., Cidl Engineer· ...... Boston, l\Iass. ,Josiah 1\1. Ayer, B. C. E., Chief Draughtsman Boston Heating Co., Boston. Mass. George G. Barker, B. M. E., Draughtsman, McCormick H. M. Co., Chicago, Ill. Geor~e F. Black, H. C. E., Asst. Engineer, M. C.R. R .. Portland 48 STATE COLLEGE. Nwme and Occupotion. Residence. John 1) Elagden, B. C. E., U. S. Signal Service, Hatteras . N. C. H0ywo CLASS OF 1887. ,John TT. Bnr1eigh, B. C. E., Civil Engineer .... _. Chelsea, Mass. Luis V. P. Cilley, B. C. E., Civil Ellgineer, Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, S. A. Bert E. Clark, 13. S., Teacher ...... ,vest Tremont Daniel \V. Culby, B S., Pust Graduate, Cornell Universit_y, Ithaca, N. Y. Edwiu '{. Coffin, B. C. E.. Clerk . 1Iarri1,gton Ali~e A. Hicks, B. S., Principal High School...... Vi:a:de James D. Lazell, B. l\l. E., Dran5htsman ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Cb:ulcs A . .Mat,on, B. C. E., Civil Engineer ... Los Angeks, Cal. He11ry A. l\foNitlly, B. C. E., U. 8. Signal Service, Milwaukee, V{is. Fenton l\Irrrill, B. C. E., C.ivil Engineer ...... L(•wi,.;ton Addison H. Sanndc·rs, B. l\I. E., l\Iech. Engineer . . Oldtown Cassius A. Scars. B. C. E ...... Seattle, ·wash. 'l'Pr. Charles II. Stevens, B. l\I. E., l\Ianufacturer ...... Fort Fairfield Charles}'. Sturtevant, B. C. K, Civil Engineer. l\:Iinneapolis, l\Iinn. Frank E. Trask, B. C. E., Civil Engineer .... , .•••. Pomona, Cal. CATALOGUE. 49 Name and Occupation. Residence. Charles T. Vose, B. C. E., Ass't Engineer, W. & N. R.R., Wilmington, Del. Howard S. Webb, B. M. E., Instructor in Shop Work, Maine State College, Orono John S. Williams, B. S., Principal High School ...... Guilford CLASS OF 1888. Andrews, Hiram Bertrand, Draughtsman...... Chelsea, Mass. Baclwlder, John Stetson, Draughtsman, Bango l\frach'e Co., Bangor Blanchard, Charles De,Vitt, Civil Engineer...... Old Town Boardman, John Russell. with Kennebec Journal ...... Augusta Brick, Francis Stephen, Prin. High School...... No. New Portland Butler, Harry, Instructor, Academy ...... Hampden Campbell, Dudley Elmer, Civil Engineer...... Skowhegan Eastman, Fred Langdon, Draughtsman, A. T. & S. F. Machine Shop, Topeka, Kan. Elwell, Edward Henry, Jr., with Transcript ...... Portland Hanco~k, ,Villiam Jerome ...... Saco Hatch, John 'N ood, Post Graduate, Buzzey Institute, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Howes, Claude Lorraine...... Boston, l\Iass. Lincoln, Harry Foster...... Dennysville Lord, Thomas George, Farmer...... Skowhegan Marsh, Ralph Hemenway, Prin. High 8chool ...... Tremont Miller, Seymore Farrington, Draughtsman ...... Chelsea, Mass. Philbrook, vVilliam, Civil Engineer ...... Bethel Rogers, Seymonr Everett, Mechanical Engineer ...... Stetson Seabury, George Edwin, Pattern Maker, Waterville Iron Co., Waterville Small, Frank Llewellyn . . . • ...... Freeport Smith, Frank Adelbert, Civil Engineer ...... East Corinth Wilson, Nathaniel Estes, Ass't Chemist and Dairy Supt., Agricultural Experiment Station, Burlington, Vt. 4 NON-GRADUATES. Average period of attendance, one and a half years. Present residence not being known, the former residence is given. Special students are marked in the classes with whieh they prin- cipally recited. [Corrections for a revised list are solicited. J CLASS OF 1872. Name and Occupation. Residence. John T. Bowler, Register of Deeds ...... Bangor William H. Cary, Jr...... St. Paul, lVIinn. Edward F. Fisher...... San Diego, Cal. William H. George, Clergyman ...... Topeka, Kansas William L. Harlow, Farmer...... Buckfield George L. Macomber...... Durham Charles C. Norton ...... Buffalo Meadows, Nevada William B. Oleson, Clergyman . . . . . Honolulu, Sandwich Islands Frank W. Rollins, Teacher ...... Stillwater, Minn. Oren S. Sargent, M. D., Physician...... Lawrence, Mass. *Marcus P. Shorey ...... Old Town Benjamin F. ·watson, Farmer ...... Levant CLASS OF 1873. William H. Claflin, Merchant ...... Boston Joseph E. P. Clark, Book Business ...... Minneapolis, Minn. *John Jackson ...... Alfred Samuel Lane, Insurance Agent ...... Houlton Wilbur F. Lovejoy, Book-Keeper ...... Winn •Deceased. 52 STATE COLLEGE. Name and Occupation. Residence. Thomas P. Pease ...... Bridgton Clarence Pullen, Civil Engineer ...... Foxcroft Frederic A. Ransom ...... ••...... •...•...... Augusta CLASS OF 1874. Frank P. Burleigh ...... Springfield *Mark E. Burnham...... Garland Louville Curtis ...... Bowdoinham Roland Curtis, l\L D., Physician ...... Bowdoinham Samuel C. Moore ...... Cherryfield Charles F. Osgood, Farmer...... Garland *William H. Reed ...... Springfield George I. Trickey, Lawyer ...... - ...... Caribou l\Ianley H. Whitehouse ...... Orrington Edward R. Wingate, Lumber Business ...... Cherryfield William I. ·wood, Lawyer ...... Corinna CLASS OF 1875. Gustavus Bellows, Farmer; Specialty, Fruit ...... Freedom Leander H. Blossom, Farmer ...... Turner ,John H. Carver, Clerk ...... Boston, l\Iass. William B. Dole, Mechanic...... Bangor George N. Gage, Physician ...... E. Washington, N. H. Benson H. Ham, Merchant...... Charleston Alton A. Jackson, M. D., Physician ...... E. Jefferson Manley ,Jackson, Organ and Sewing Machine Business .... J eflerson Freeland Jones, Merchant and Surveyor ...... Caribou Ora Oak ...... Caribou Sidney S. Soule, Farmer ...... •...... •..•..... Freeport Louis C. Southard, Lawyer, Boston, Residence, North Easton, l\fass. *George W. Spratt, Merchant ...... Bangor Charles H. Spring, Wool Grower, Buenos Ayres, Arg. Rep., S. A. *Deceased. CATALOGUE, 53 CLASS OF 1876. Name and Occupation. Residence. Francis H. Bacon, Architect...... Boston, l\lass. Russell A. Carver ...... Dixfield Frank P. Gurney, Farmer...... , .. Dover, Dakota *Frank A. Hazeltine, Farmer...... DPxter Eugene L. Hopkins...... 01<1 Tnwn ,James W. Linnell, Farmer...... Exeter George J. l\Ioody, Lawyer ...... l\Iontesano, \Vasb. T<>r. '\Vebster Mudgett...... Albion Edward B. Pillsbury, l\Ianager Postal Tel. Co ..... Boston, l\Ia:-;s. Randall H. Rines, :Merchant, (Rines Brothers) ...... Portland \Valter F. Robinson, Signal Service ...... Fort Apache, Arizona E CLASS OF 1877. Charles F. Andrews ...... Biddeford Fred S. Bunker, (A. B., Harvard) .... City Hospital, Boston, l\Iabs. *Edson C. Chase ...... Stillwater William W. Dow, Printer ...... Rehoboth, l\bss. James T. Emery ...... Stillwater Charles 1\1. Freeman...... Portln11d *Frank H. Goud, Clerk...... Fort Fairfitld Ans tin I. Harvey, l\I.D., Physician...... Carmel l\Ienzies F. Herring, Editor and Publisher ...... Dexter Ardean Lovejoy ...... Orono Fred B. l\Iallett, Lumbering Business ...... :Minneapolis, Minn. Fred L. Partridge...... Stoekton Fred H. Pullen ...... Foxt:roft *Frank E. Reed...... Springfield Woodbury D. Roberts, Merchant ...... Cheney, ·wyoming Thomas B. Seavey, Clerk...... Chiuago, Ill. Henry C. Townsend, Farmer...... Fort Fairfield Clara E. Webb, Teacher ...... Unity *DC'r('ased. 54 STATE COLLEGE, Name and Occupation. Residence. Fred S. Wiggin, Farmer...... Presque Isle William B. Whitney ...... Iowa CLASS OF 1878. Charles H. Benjamin, 1\1. E...... Boston, 1\fass. Eugene M. Berry...... Snmner *Nathaniel A. Crocker...... W . .Enfield Charles C. Elwell, Ass't Engineer, ,v. & N.R. R., Wilmington, Del. Howard H. Hartwell...... Vinalhaven .John E. Haynes, .Jeweller...... Old Town Fred II. Hinckle.r, Clerk in U. S. Land Office ...... Eureka, Nev. Richard S. Howe...... • ...... Fryeburg Samnel C. Jameson, Boot and Shoe Dealer ...... Providence, R. I. William S. Jameson, DPaler in Sugar l\Iachinery, Guadalajara, Mex. Edgar H Lancaster, Mechanic in R. R. Shop ...... Old Town *Alvra \V. Leathers ...... Dover .James I~unt ...... •...... Bangor Herbert A. Mallett, Lumberman ...... Stillwater, Minn. Silas N. :Miller, Prospecting for Gold and Silver, Fairplay, Colorado Frank J. Perkins, Dry Goods Dealer...... Old Town Charles F. Plumley, l\Ierchant...... Lincoln ,John 0. Ri(:hardson, Trader, Paints and Oil...... Old Town A. Judson Small...... No. Lubec Albert H. Stewart, Piano Regulator ...... Boston, .:Mass. Edson ·w arriner, ·w at('hmaker and Jeweller...... Fryeburg Erastus G. Weeks, l\Ierchant ...... Jefferson CLASS OF 1879. Daniel Allison...... • . . • • ...... Linneus Arthur P. Brown, Mechanic...... Orono Benjamin V. Carver, Machinist...... Hartford, Conn. Byron H. Cochrane...... ,v oonsocket, R. I. :Fred A. Colburn, Clerk and Scaler ...... Stillwater, Minn . •James W. Cousens, Teacher...... Stillwater, Minn. John A. Curtis, U. S. Deputy Surveyor ...... Phronix, Arizona George A. Dustin, Machinist and Trader.... _ ...... Dexter •Deceased, CATALOGUE. 55 Name and Occupation. Residence. Loomis F. Goodale, Div. Eng., D. & S. F. R. R., Monument, Col. Edwin A. Hawes, Mechanic ...... , ...... Ontario, Cal. *Edwin C. Johnson...... Gorham John N. Knapp...... •...... Bradley Oliver S. Jones, Farmer ...... Corinna Albert Y. Merrill, Lawyer, Judge of Probate ...... Aitkin, 1\Iinn. Asa C. Morton, Clerk ...... Bangor Harry "\V. Peakes, Merchant ...... Charleston David S. Plummer, Book-Keeper ...... Boston, l\luss. *Eugene G. Smith...... Richmond William N. Titus, Lawyer, Boston ..... Residence, Woburn, Mass. Howard E. ,vebster, Lumberman ...... Orono Arthur L. Wellington, Shipping Agent...... Detroit, Mich. Charles M. 'Wilson ...... San Francisco, Cal. CLASS OF 1880. Charles M. Allen, Teacher ...... Kingston, Penn. Ed ward N. Atwood...... Portland Granyille Austin, Salesman ...... Boston, Mass. Sylvester A. Brown, Clerk ...... Boston, Mass. * Ada M. L. Buswell, TE>acher ...... Minneapolis, Minn. Charles E. Cheney, Farmer ...... W. ScarbonJ' Woodbury F. Cleveland, M. D., Physician ...... Eastport Samuel H. Dyer...... Yarmouth Osgood E. Fuller, Druggist ...... Albany, N. Y. Harry H. Goodwin, Sec'y to Amer. Consulate ... Anaberg, Saxony John B. Horton, Book-Keeper ...... Sandusky, Ohio. Danid S. Jones, vVatchmaker and Jeweller ...... Karn,as Prescott Keyes, Jr., Farmer ...... Richmond, *Charles vV. Nash ...... Addison Willis L. Oak, Clerk...... Presque Isle· Fred \V. Powers, Farmer and Teacher...... Fryeburg Emily I. Ramsdell, Teaeher ...... Atkinson :Mortier C. Randall...... Stillwater, ,vnliam ,J. Rich, Chemist, Cambria Iron Co. . . . . Johnstown, Pa. Charles S. Simpson, Civil Engineer and County Surveyor, Florence, Wis. *Deceased. 56 STATE COLLEGE, Name and Occupation. Residence. Frank A. Spratt, A. B., Principal Academy...... Hampden Daniel Webster, Express Agent ...... Augusta Arthur ,Ventworth ...... Orrington CLASS OF 1881. Henry W. Adams, Lumberman, ...... Wisconsin *Lorin T. Boynton ...... Ashland Charles P. Chandler, Machinist...... New Gloucester Elmer C. Chapin, Salesman ...... Bangor *Frank P. Fessenden...... South Bridgton Archy S. Gee, Clerk...... :Minneapolis, Minn. George ·w. Holmes, Merchant...... Norway John F. Horne, Shoe :Manufacturer ...... Auburn Benjamin L. Johnson...... Portland Edward C. Luques, Broker...... Biddeford Charlc,s S. Macomber, Lawyer...... Carrollton, Iowa , Charles S. D. Nichols, Farmer...... Hollis James l\l. Nowland, Farmer ...... Asliland Charles C. Ross, Commercial Salesman ...... St. Stephen, N. B. Clara Southard (l\lrs. Hammond) ...... Lincoln Center *Charles P. Tidd, Tel. Operator ...... Forest Green, Missouri Harry P. Tidd, Teacher ...... Higginsville, Missouri William R. Tilden, Workman in Shoe Factory .... Campello, Mass. William A. Vinal, Scaler...... Orono William G. Wales ...... :Monticello, Iowa Frank B. Weeks, Government Quartermaster's Ofllce, San Francisco, Cal. Flora Welch, Nurse ...... Boston, Masi. George H. )Vilson, Clerk, Gov. Storehouse ... Maricopa, Arizona CLASS OF 1882. Joseph:B. Bartlett, Farmer ...... Ashland Charles E. Chapin, Salesman ...... BoBton, Mass. Charles C. Dunn, Farmer...... Ashland Charles W. Fenlason...... Bridgewater *John I. Greenlaw, Merchant ...... N. Fryeburg William H. Hatch, Grocer ...... Lisbon Wesley J. Jameson, Clerk ...... St. Paul, Minn. *Deceased. CATALOGUE. 57 Name and Occttpation. Residence. Frederick A. Kenniston, Salesman ...... Brockton, Mass. Frederick 0. Kent...... Bremen ·walter H. Nason, 1\1. D., Phyiiician ...... Hampden Atta L Nutter. Teacher ...... Wilmington, N. C. Parker J. Page ...... Orono Harry K. Poole ...... Bremen Louis K. Till(!Y, Farmer ...... Castle Hill CLASS OF 1883. George R. Currier, Teacher ...... K Wiltou Arthur T. Drummond, Farmer ...... 8idney William E. Emery, 1\1. D., Physician ...... Surry Norman F. Kelsea, Clerk...... Brockton, l\lass. Edwin P. Kendall, Farmer and Miller ...... Bowdoinham Henry W. Longfellow, Clerk ...... l\I achias Charles S. Murray ...... Still water George A. Rich, A. B., On Editorial Staff Journal .. Boston, l\Iass. Everett F. Rich, Clerk ...... Bangor Ralph Starhird, Lumber Dealer ...... San Francisco Cal. Ralph R. Ulmer, Lawyer and Clerk of Court...... Rockland Frank C. Webster, Clerk, American Express Co ...... Bangor Frank G. Webster, Clerk ...... Orono Lewis H. ·white, M. D., Physician...... Lincoln Center CLASS OF 188-1. Edward S. Ahhott, M. D , Physician ...... Bridgton Edward l\I. Bailey, :Merchant...... Bangor Joseph B. _Bartlett ...... Nottingh~m, N. H. William A. Berry...... Hampden James A. Dunning, Clerk...... Bangor Freeland Ellis, Clerk...... Guilford Eugene L. Folsom, Machinist ...... Stillwater Evie l\I. Hamblen...... Stillwater Robert S. Leighton...... Steuben *Gilbert Longfellow, Jr ...... Machias Cephas R. Moore, ::\ierchant and Postmaster...... Anson *Deceased. 58 STATE COLLEGE. Name and Occupation. Residence. William R. Pattangall ..•...•...... Peterboro, N. H. Robert C. Patterson, Stenographer...... • . . .. St. Paul, Minn. Charles S. Pendleton, Farmer...... Philbrook, Montana Herbert L. Rich, Ins. Nat. Sci. Laselle Acad'y .. Auburndale, Mass. Flora M. Ricker (Mrs. P. J. Page) ...... Orono Warren J. Ridley, Conductor, Street R. R .... South Boston, Mass. Elmer A. Savage ...... Minneapolis, Minn. Mertie Saw_yer...... Hampden Charles F. 8mith, Prin. High School...... Lenox, Mass. *Horace G. Trueworthy...... •...... Orono Jotham W llipple, Jr...... Solon CLASS OF 1885. James \V. Bishop, Farmer .•...... Milo Frederick H. Butler, Division Engineer, T St. L. & K. C. R. R. Charleston, Ill. Harry vV. Davis, Banker ...... Church's Ferry, Dakota Fred W. Dickerson...... Belfast 8amuel '\iV. Hill ...... •...... Machias Willard A. Libby ...... Denver, Col. Cilarks L. Libby, Draughtsman ...... Bridgeport, Conn. *Frank: E. ~lanter ...... Milo Dennis D. l\lerrill, Engineer, Steam Mill ...... Stillwater Dudley W. l\Ioor, Jr...... Waterville Carl H. Prince, Farmer...... Turner Elisha C. Vose, U. 8. 8ignal Service and Journalist ... Chicago, Ill. CLASS OF 1886. Eugene C. Bartlett, Medical Student ...... Orono ,John I. Chase, Clerk ...... Riverside, Cal. Charles H . .Merriam ...... Fort Laramie, Wyomingi/fer. Harry E. Powers...... Bowdoinham Harold E. Trueworthy .••...... Houlton *Diceased. CATA.LOGUE, 59 CLASS OF 1887. Name and Occupation. Residence. Alton D. Adams, N. E. Wiring Co ...... Boston, Mass. John W. Allen ...... _ ...... Presque Isle Alice Benjamin...... Oakland Irving 1\1. Clark, Civil Engineer ...... Boston, Mass. Jennie L. Dority ...... Wells Wm. J. Harris ...... Groton, l\Iass. Austin D. Houghton ...... '\Yaterville James S. Kennedy...... LntHow William L. Perham...... Paris Wm. P. Sherburn ...... Dover Frank L. Tucker ...... Norway Charles ,v. Wentworth, Lawyer ...... Hudson, l\1ass. Rodney A. B. Young, Medical Student...... Baltimore, Md. Alfred S. Rnth ...... Kamilche, Mason Co., ·wash. Ter. CLASS OF 1888. Charles W. Breed, Clerk ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Albion H. Buker ...... Boston, Mass. ,Jame~ K. Chamberlain, Plumber and Sanitary Engineer .... Bangor Frank P. Collins ...... •. Ft. Fairfield Fred 'l'. Drew ...... Orono George K. Hagertby...... So. Hancock Fred H. Kirkpatrick ...... Bangor Hannah E. Leavitt (Mrs. Walter Flint) ...... Orono Edwin B. Lord...... Stillwater Alphonso F. Marsh, Clerk ...... Old Town Frank J. Page ...... Orono Henry F. Perkins, Mechanic ...... Oakland Nathan A. Ring ...... Orono Clara Rogers ...... Hampden Charles C. Rolfe, Teacher ...... Presque Isle Abram W. Sargent ...... Seattle, W. T. Joseph S. True, Farmer ...... New Gloucester Ernest H. Turnbull ...... , ...... St. John, N. B. '1 60 STATE COLLEGE. CLASS O.F 1889. Name and Occupation. Residence. Benjamin R. Clark ...... No. Lubec George G. Fernald...... Wilton Arthur M. Folsom ...... Old Town Charles B. Gould ...... Orono Temple Grosvenor...... Canterbury, N. B. Lewis F. Johnson ...... LaGrange John E. Littlefield ...... Brewer Albert I.. Lyford, Prin. Com. Dept., Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill * Maude A. l\fatthews ...... Stillwater, l\Ie. Frederi<.'.k L. Thompson, l\Iedical Student ...... Augusta Nor man Tripp ...... U nitJ' Fred IL "\Vebb, :Mechanical Engineer ...... Skowhegan CLASS OF 1890. George W. Hodgdon...... Rumford Herbert B. Rowell ...... Solon CLASS OF 1891. Robert "\V. Fuller ...... Newtonville, l\Iass. B_yron C. Hodgkins ...... Stillwater, .Me. ,Joseph l\L Jackson...... Boothbay Robert M. Packard...... Rockland *Deceased. CALENDAR. 1889-Feb. 5, Tuesday, Second Term commences. June 20, 21, Thursday and Friday, Examinations. • , 22, Saturday, Prize Declamations by Sophomores . " 23, Sundas, Baccalaureate Address. ., 24, Monday, Prize Essays by Juniors. " 26, Wednesday, Commencement. " 28, Friday, Examination of Candidates for Ad mission. Vacation of five weeks. Aug. 6, Tuesday, Examination of Candidates for Ad- mission. First Term commences. Nov. 25, 26, Monday and Tuesday, Examinations. Vacation of eleven weeks. I 1890-Feb. 4, Tuesday, Second Term commences. f DEDIOATIO~ OF COBURN HALL. MAINE ST ATE COLLEGE OF Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, ORONO, ME. DEDICATION O:F COBURN HALL, June 26, 18.88. PROGRAMME. l\Iusie. Address of \Vdcome, President FERNALD. Prayer, Rev. C. F. ALLEN, D.D. l\Insic Historieal Address, Hon. LYNDON OAK, President of Trustees. :Music. Report of Buihling Committee, w·M. T. HAINES, Esq., Chairman. Presentation of Keys, Governor l\LrnBLE. Responses of Acct1ptance, Prnsident FERNALD, Prof. HARVEY, Prof. BALENTINE. Music. Congratulatory Addresses, Senator LIBBEY, of Penobscot. Senator HEATH, of Kennebec. Representati,,e LnrnY, of Burnham. Representative CusmNG, of Turner. Music. Brief Addresses by H. l\I. EsTABROOKE, M. S., for the Alumni, and by other friends of the College. Singing of Ode. Benediction. 4 STATE COLLEGE. ODE. By Mrs M. C. FERNALD, Air, "TaE OLD OAKEN BucKET.'' A full score of years, with their records, have entered Eternity's gate, since men wise in their day, With hearts in the weal of posterity centered, Here planted good seed to be fostered for aye, Good seed that was precious beyond common knowing, Long nourished in darkness and watered with tears; Its sunshine, the faith of a few in its growing, Its culture, the conrage that yields not to fears. But e'en while the germ of rich promise seemed sleeping, To childish impatience for growth without time, Who holds all right efforts in vigilant keeping, He blessed the young plant and He taught it to climb. Its strong roots out-reaching, its bright blades up-springing, At length its fair fruitage appeared to the sight. The years, as they pass, richer harvests are bringi11g, Their God-given increase we hail with delight. ·with praise for the past to the bounteous Giver, \Vith trust for the future, in gladness we meet On the beantiful hanks of the still-flowing river, Our sheavPs, with rejoicing, to lay at His feet. Onr ardor renewed by I-Iis promise of blessing To those who are faithful in service, tho' small. True hearts ancl firm hands to our labors addressing, :May harvests here reaped be the glory of all. The principal addresses or abstracts of them will be found in this report. In the absence of HiH Excellency, the Governor of the State, the keys of Coburn Hall were presented hy Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Bangor, first President of the Board of Trustees. It is a source of regret that the very fitting address hy Mr. Hamlin cannot now be reproduced. Of the responses of acceptance, that of Prof. Harvey alone is furnished for publication. Representative Libby, of Burnham, was absent from the State. DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 5 On account of the lateness of the hour when Mr. H. M. Estabrooke was called to speak for the alumni, he made only brief remarks, instead of presenting the more formal paper designed. Besides the addresses given, hrief con gratulatory remarks were made by Rev. Mr. Davidson, of Greenville, Major Dickey, of Fort Kent, and Rev. Dr. Pepper, of ,Yatervi\le, President of Colby University. For mal congratulations by many other friends of the colll'ge pre~cnt, were prevented by the fullness of the programme, the carrying out of which held the audience to a late hour. The personnel of the assembly is indicated by the follo,ving extract, reganling the dedication of Cohurn Hall, from the Jlfaine Farnier, June 28, 1888: '' Prominent individuals from all sections of the State ·were present. Among them were Councillors Lord, Carter, \Vood, and vVarren, with their ladies; Messrs. Burr, Campbell, Blossom, "1Tatson, and l\IcKeen, of the State Board of Agriculture; J. ,v. True, Esq., New Gloucester, of the Executive Committee of the Pomological Society; Chaplain 0. H. Hancock, Saco, of the State Grange; President J. Henry Moore, of the Kennebec Agricultural t'-,ociety; members of the Legislature, Senate, and House, from York to Fort Kent, and many others interested in the institution." ADDRESS OF WELCOME. By President FERNALD. Gentlemen and Ladies: It is not more a pleasing duty than a grateful privilege to welcome you to this lrn.11 and to these cei·emonies of dedication. The event which calls us together i8 one to which those officially connected with the college have long looked forward with lively interest. It seems a fitting consummation of two decades of the college history, the dedication for all the future, or so long as brick and stone endure, of this beautiful edifice to the im portant purposes for which it has been erected. It is gratifying to us to welcome to the college and to these exercises so mnny of' the members of the legislature, 6 STATE COLU:GE. who voted the appropriation which rendered the construction of this building possible. It is gratifying to us to make welcome so many represen tatives of the societies and organizations which have to do with the agricultural and other allied interests of the State. It affords us special gratificati'on, abo, to welcome officers of the State, past and present, early trustees of the college, past instructors, alumni, and all those earnf',st friends of the institution who, in the halls of legislation or elsewhere, hy voice or vote, have lahured in its behalf. 1V c heartily welcome, nlso, ul I its other friends who grace this occasion by their presence, and a'-sure you all that \Ye deem ourselves honored by this representative gathering, met to dedicate and consecrate this building to tho high purposes for which it has been designed. In extending my own sincere and cordial saJutations, I desire to say to the friends present that the coilege yon look upon to-day, is not the college of twenty years ::i.go. The most of these buil HISTORICAL ADDRESS By Hon. LYNDON OAK. The statesmen of the revolutionary period, who formulated the self-evident truths upon which our government is based, and framed the constitution which has been the bulwark of the nation's liberties through the perils of a hundred years, had been educated in the colleges and universities of that time. But the men who laid the foundations of our present material prosperity and power had not been favored with cor responding educational advantages. Inventions evolved from the brains of unlettered men have been among the most potent factors of the nation's wonderful growth. Among the sub jects that engrossed the atten_tion of the inventors of that period was steam--its properties, adaptations and possibili ties as an agency for moving machinery. An enthusiastic writer has said, that the birth of the republic and that of the Rtearn engine were contemporaneous events. The first condensing engine built in this country was con structeu by John Fitch, a native of Connecticut, in 1787, by the assistance of common blacksmiths. After perfecting his engine, and expe1:imenting with it, he used it through the season of 1790, to propel a boat on the Delaware river, where . he made two thousand miles at an average speed of seven and one-half miles per hour. This succ€ssful experiment by Mr. Fitch who had been favored with only the slightest oppor tunities for education, made him the world's pioneer in steam navigation. But, having been broken down and reduced to penury by protracted, hut unappreciated and unrequited ser vice for the public good, Mr. Fitch was obliged to abandon long-cherished plans for bringing his invention into practical use. This he did with the prediction, inspired by success already attained, that some more potent man would get fame and fortune from his invention, and that the time would come when large rivers would be navigated by steam, and ships of war an{l packet-ships would be propelled across the Atlantic .by ithe same agency. DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 9 The "more potent man" seen by John Fitch in his visions of the future, soon appeared in the person of Robert Fulton, who by the force of genius, encrg.v and enterprise, aided by his influence with men of wealth and with legi::,lative bodies, tram,ferred steam navigation from the stage of experiment to that of a ::,uccessfu l agency to promote the con veniencfi and welfare of the growing repuhlie. Fulton's early cdneation was sueh as could he attained in the common sehool. After having acquired considerable reputation :ts an artist and in ventor, he sought, in Paris, the scientific training which, coupled ,vith a high type of genius, h:u, given him immortality of fame. Early in the pres0nt celltury, Oliver Ev:rns, a 1rntive of Delaware, having previously invented the steam engine on the hiyh pressure p1·£nciple, demonstrated that it could he usNl successfully for the propub.ion of land caniages. He thus placPd himself in the same relation to our pn·sent sys tem of railroad transportation, that John Fitch had clone, in his own case, a few years earlier, to water navigation. l\fr. Evans predicted that the time would come when transporta tion would he carried on over land, on rail ways of wood or iron, hy the agency of steam. Mr. Evans' early opportuni ties for education had hecn of a limited character. In the yP:u:- 1812, .John Steven:-:, n noted New York in ventor, puhli~hed a pamphlet in which lie cl('scribcd the future railrond, ineluding road-ways, locomotives, earringes and attainable speed with such surprising accuracy of detail, that it see.•ms nwre like the description of an aecompli~bed fact, than tlw pr<.'diction of a possible future achievement. If, in the early days of the repuulic, the opportunities for sciPntific and practical education had been <)qunl to those affon1ed for training men for the learned professions, the ad vent of the steamboat and rail-car would have oecurred at an earlier date. It was the recognition of the importance of sueh opportunities that led, in after years, to the establish ment of seientific schools. The first school of a high grade, in which classical gave place to scientific instruction, was the 10 STATE COLLEGE. Military Academy at "\Vest Point. . This school, was, how ever, established for a spe0ific and exceptional purpose. One of the earliest attempts to provide for scientific and practical education was made in our own State in 18:22, by the establishment of the Gardiner Lyceum at Gardiner. The design of this institution may be inferred by an extract from the petition of Hon. R. L. Gardiner and others to the legis lature for an act of incorporation, which represented ~1 that ·while the State has liberally fostered her colleges for the edu cation of young men for the liberal professions, and possesses numerous academies for preparing youth for entering these colleges, and for making useful school-masters, she has, hitherto, omitted to make provision for giving instruction to her seamen, her mechanics and her farmers, upon whom her wealth and prnRpcrty mainly depend." Dr. Ezekiel Holmes, who was afterwards so prominently connected with the indus trial interests of the State, was, for a time, president of this institution. For some time the lyceum received considerable patronage, and was aided hy the State to the extent of $1000 per annum. At length, the State withheld its aid, and the institution was suspemled for lack of adequate support. Conspicuous among the scientific schools were the Rens selaer Polyteclrnic Institute at Troy, N. Y., established in 1824, the Sheffield Scientific School, an adjunct of Yale Col lege which had its beginning in 1846, the Lawrence Scientific School, in connection with Harvard University, established in 184 7, and the Chandler Scientific School in connection with Dartmouth College, established in 1851. The scientific schools gave to the country new classes of p1·ofessional men such as professional engineers, architects, chemists, geologists and botanists. But earnest, practical educators demanded a system, the ideal of ·which combined the training of the hand with that of the intellect, and invested labor with an intelligence which rendered it more effective, and raised it to a rank of honor DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 11 and dignity commensurate with its value and usefulness in the world's economy, and which embraced the broader cul ture thnt gives men inflnentJe in social life and on the plat form and in legislative and oongressiorrnl deliberations. In the year 1859 in response to numerous petitions, a bill to :~ promote the liberal and practical education of the indus trial classes" was passed by both houses of Congress. It ha 2 ( 18 STATE COLLEGE. carefully and ably prepared by Hon. Phineas Barnes of Port land, which was also reported. It is but simple justice to say that the co1lege had no abler or more influential friend than Mr. Barnes. In a series of articles communicated to the Maine Farmer, and afterwards published in the report of the Secretary of the Board of Agri culture, the subject of industrial education in its various phrases was discussed by him with an ability that attracted marked attention from the friends of the institution. ·when the report of the committee reached the legislature, a recess of half an hour was taken by both branches to enable each county delegation to select a suitable person to represent its county in the board of trustees. The persons selected were Samuel F. Perley, N. T. Hill, Bradford Cummings, Thomae S. Lang, Dennis Moore, "\Vm. D. Dana, S. L. Goodale, Robert .:\Iartin, Alfred S. Perkins, Joseph Farwell, Seward Dill, Joseph Day, Ebenezer Knowlton, Hannibal Hamlin, Chas. A. Everett and "'\Vm. Wirt Virgin. These names were inserted in the first section of the Organic Act, and the bill passed both branches in due course, an The western members had a very decided preference for Topsham. At a meeting of the board held at Augusta, Sep temher 14, 1865, a motion to locate the college at Topsham wn1, lost by a vote of six to five. At a meeting at Augusta, J:muary 25, 18ti6, the board voted to locate at Orono, the vote standiug eight in favor and seven in opposition. (The memhers voting in favor were Messrs. Hamlin, Hill, Cum mings, :Moore, Farwell, Day, vVoodman and Everett, and those against were Messrs. Perley, Dillingham, Goodale, Martin, Perkins, Dill and Virgin). The location decided on was largely due to the personal exertions of Hon. ,vm. P. "\Vingate, afterwards a trustee of the institution. This result was a fatal blow to the harmony of the board. Some of its most prominent members beiieved that Topsham presented a broad range of advantages of great value, many of which the farm at Orono lacked. From the day the location was decided in favor of the latter place, the cohesion of the membership of the board ·weakened, and its disintegration began. At its 1ast meeting held at Augusta, January 29, 1867, the following petition was signed by all the members present, ten in number: "The undersigned, Trustees of the State College of Agri culture and the Mechanic Arts, respectfully represent tlat, in their opinion, the number of the members of the board should he less than it now is, and ask that the number be reduced to not less than five nor more than seven. They would suggest that the new hoard of trustees be appointed '--- c__; • by the governor llnd council, and with regard to fitness rather than locality. They also indicate their readiness to retire from the position now held by them for the purpose above indicated." The petition was promptly responded to by the legislature, and a bill embodying its requests was passed. ( The last ttct of the retiring board was to elect the Hon. Phineas Barnes, president, and vote him a salary of three thousand dollars per annum.) The original board of trustees having retired, a new chapter of incidents and acciL1rut:::;, of -successes and reverses, opened 20 STATE COLLEGE. in the history of the inchoate institution. It required several years to determine whether the struggle would terminate in success, further postponement or irretrievable disaster. The Organic Act had been amended so as to reduce the number of trustees to seven, to be appointed by the governor, subject to the approval of the executive council. The struggle com meneed in the effort to :find the required number of men capable of dealing with problems new in character :md diffi cult of solution, whose services were, at the same time, available. If Gov. Chamberlain made serious mistakes in making his selections, he was ready when the occasion came to explain them. The explanation will he noticed farther on. The names of the new board were announced in April, 1867, and were as follows:. S. F. Dike, Abner Coburn, Lyndon Oak, Isaiah Stetrnn, ·wm. P. ,iringatc, Geo. P. Sewall and Nathaniel v\rilson, five of the number residents ~f Penobscot county. In these appointments, two of the recommendations of the retiring board had been complied with. The member ship had been reduced to seven, and the appointments made with reference to convenience of locality. In respect to the third condition, that of :fitness, I am sorry to say the popuiar belief ·was, that the governor had hit wide of the mark. The leading agricultural paper of the State which had a large circulation and numerous readen;, indulged in s~me very sharp criticisms of the appointments,, which increased the embarrassments of the new board. Nevertheless. its members had the t.emerity to assemble and organize·. The' organization was effected at Bangor, April 24, 18h7, by the choice of Abner Coburn, president, S. L. Goodale, clerk, and Isaiah Stetson, treasurer. That the trustees sought the services of a cle1·k outside of their own number, was due to their earnest desire to avail themselves of the valuable counsels of the man who had given the new educational scheme much careful thought and earnest study, and whose ideal of its possibilities was very high. In his report of 1863, as secretary of the board of agriculture, he expressed .the following views: "lt DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL, 21 is rare that any su hject of greater magnitude calls for legis lative During the year 1867, there was considerable discussion in the board upon the policy that should be pursued in the con struction of buildings as they would be needed, one after another. There was a sentiment, more or less prevalent, that inexpensive wooden buildings should be provided at first, to be followed by more substantial structures later, when the college could better afford the expense. The policy deter mined on, however, was to cont-3tructJ thoroughly, and of durable material, so far as the work of construction \Yas cunic·d. PL'cparations were made during the season to manu facture bricks on the college farm for the next building needed. The year 1868 did not open auspiciously upon the fortu11ec3 of tbe struggling in;-;titution. Ominous clouds threatened its future. Adverse criticit-3m had been freely indulged in by those who had exhibited, in previous yeart:i, mueh intcre::;t in the new educational movement. Governor Chti mberlaiu had evidently heen mud1 affected hy the volume uf 611ch erit ici::;m. His allu:-,ion to the eollege, in hi::; mc:Ssage at the opening of the legi:Slat i ve sessiou, was apologetie and Jeprecatory in tone, and was not in the highest degree complimentary to the boanl of tnh,tees of his own appointment. He said; ·•In l'econ:--truetiug the board of trustee;.,, in aceordance with the act providing for the same, it was found di:ffieult to induce gentlemen mo::;t naturally suggested, to accept the pm,ition." In tlwi1· n~port to the k•gislat ure, the trw,tees asked for $20.- 000 to build a dwrnical laLorntury aud for ~lllTent rnuning expeu~es. In tms,ver to this, the Governor recumme1H.led the t'Xpenc1itm·e of the balance of the previous year's appro priation on a cheaper building, and warned against '"errors which have well-nigh ruined similar institutions in other States." The annual session of the board of agriculture opened soon aftPr. That body had, from the first, exhibited great frielHl ship for the college, and was still relied on for influential support. The management of the trustee:, came up early- 24 STATE COLLEGE. not, however, for friendly consideration, Lut sarcastic criti cism. The report of Ex-Governor Coburn, as president of the board, was a concise and accurnte statement of the pro gress that bad actually been made, anfl a presentation of the immediMe wants of the college. This report ,vas severely criticised, both for sins ef omission and commission. It omitted the discussion of the profound problems involved in the new educational scheme. The Ex-Governor was uot in the habit of dealing in "sounding mauifestoes," but if the college had occasion to borrow $10,000 to meet a pressing exigency, he would give his name to a note for that amount with as much apparent indifference as in ordering steak for hrenkfast, and his promise to pay would always briug the money without regard to the amount. But the word "dormi tory'' unfortunately slipped into the report, au 000 ,vns fiually granted. Having prepared a home for a limited numher of students the preceding year, the next ohject of attention was the construction of a chemical laboratory. It wa~ generally conceded that thorough training: i11 elwm i~try slwuld be a prominent feature of the college, on at-count of its close relations to agriculture and the manufncturing interests of the country. The first qup::-;tion to be determined was what shall lw the number and i-,ize of it1s rooms, and extent of its e 26 ST.A.TE OOLLEGE, to the conclusion that our own institution must ultimately furnish its own instructors, and an investigation of its depart ments to- M., a graduate of Brown University, entered upon service as Professor of Chemistry, and a little later, Mr. John Swift a graduate of the Michigan Agricultural College, as Instructor in Botany and Horticulture. In 1870, the list of instructors was as follows: Merritt C. Fenrnld, A. M., Acting President and Professor of l\Iathe matics and Physics. Samuel Johnson, A. M., Farm Super intendent and Instructor in Agriculture; Stephen F. Peck ham, A. M., Professor in Chemistry; John Swift, B. S., Instructor in Botany and Horticulture; Mrs. Mary L. Fer nald, Instructor in French and German ; C. B., Lakin, In structor in Book-Keeping and Capt. Henry .M. Sellers, Mili tary Instructor. In i871, four full courses of study were arranged-a course in Agriculture, in Civil Engineering, in Mechancial Engineer ing and an Elective Course. The board of instruction, was re-organized and enlarged. Prof. Peckham and Mr. John Swift resigned their positions in the board of instruction, on account of differences of opinion between themselves and the trustees regarding the proper management of the affairs of the institution. Mr. Johnson, also, resigned his place as form superintendent, and was succeeded by Mr. J. R. Farrington of Brewer. Prof. M. C. Fernald, who had been acting president from the opening of the institution, desiring to be relieved from its executive duties, the Rev. Charles F. Allen, A. M., a graduate of Bowdon, was elected president of the college, Aug. 2d, 1871, and on Aug. 31st, delivered his inaugural address in the presenee of a large and interested audience, and entered, at.once, upon the discharge of his official duties. The personnel of the board of instruction, as re-organized, was as follows: Rev. Chas, F, Allen, A. M .• President and Professor of English Literature and Mental and Moral Science; Merritt C. Fernald, A. M., Professor of Mathe matics and Physics; Robert L. Packard, A. M., Professor of Chemistry, French and German; Wm. A. Pike, C. K, Pro- 30 STATE COLLEGE. fessor of Civil Engineering; Chas. H. Fernald, A. M., Profes sor of Nutural History; Joseph R. Farrington, Farm Super intendent; ,James Deane, Military Instructor; John Perley, Instructor in Book-Keeping. The radical changes of 1871 were followed in 1872, by results of a very encouraging nature. The disturbing influ ence::.; that hnd been so fruitful of evil had given place to thm,e of a more healthful character. The increased force of i nstrudors, the presence of four classes ,v here there had previously been but three, and the popularity of President Al1c1, had the effect to increase the number of students from forty-two to seventy-one. The graduation of the first class of six students occurred this year. A commodious hom;e for the family of the president was built. The Coburn Cadets were organized in two companies and procured uniforms. The fir~t lady student was admitted to the college in 1872, in the person of Miss Louise Hammond Ramsdell of Atkinson. At the opening of the college year of 1873, the number of students, including four ladies, was one hundred and three against seventy-one the previous year. During this year a large and very convenient barn and the dwelling house now occupied by Prof. Aubert were built. Mr. Geo. H. Hmulin, C. E., a graduate of the college, was appointed assistant pro fessor in the department of civil engineering. The plan of self-government was adopt~d by the students upon the recommendation of the faculty and was followed by gratifying success. A class of seven was graduated. The catalogue of 1874 exhibits a list of one hundred and twenty-one students, representing every county in the State. The graduation of the first lady student occurred this year, of whom President Allen said '' she sustained a rank equal to nny in her cbss, and during her whole college course, she never missed a recitation or any exercise on account of her health." Lieut. W. S. Chaplin, a graduate of West Point, was elected Professor of Modern Languages and Mechanics and DEDICATION 01'' COBURN HALL. 31 Military Instructor. This appointment .was followed by a largely increased interest in the military department. The graduating class numbered six. The trustees indicated their policy with respect to stocking the farm by introduei ng sev eral animals each, of Rhorthorn, Jersey and Ayrshire thoronghhreds. ·while in the year 1875, the ag~regate of students (115) wm: a little less than in the preceding year, the f1~c~hman class, numbering thirty-five, was larger than ever before. The numher graduated was nineteen. In 1876 it Yvas decided to reduce the number of college terms from three to two. The trustees had, from the time of opening the institution, earnestly desired to introduce a system of shop-instruction and practice, primarily for the benefit of stuJent::; in the department of mechanical engineering; hut such provision would involve an expenditure for suitable huiluings, machin ery and tools, which they could not hope to meet for many years to come. But in 1876, an avenue to the realization of this desire was suddenly and unexpectedly opened. At the Centennial Exposition held at Philadelphia during that memo rable year, the Russian government made an exhibit of the Ru::,:-.ian syst€m of shop-work instruction and practice. The feature:-; of this system whid1 commended it to practical educuton., we1 e its simplicit.y, comparative inexpensiveness and wonderful adaptation to the end::- desired. Under the lead of President Runkle of the Boston School of Technology, that institution adopted it in the autumn of 187G, and put it in practice without delay. By rt'.commcndation of Prof. W. A. Pike, himself a graduate of the institution ju::-;t named, the trustees of the State college voted to adopt it. The Boston School of Technology was the first pnhlic instituti .. ,n in this country to adopt tho R,YRtcm and our own State college was the second. To-day it is finding great favor with practical educators throughout the country. The number of students in 1876 was 91-of graduates, 18. In 1H77, a commodious farm house was built. The number of students was 118-of graduates, 16. 32 STATE COLLEGE. In 1878 the catalogue showed the presence of 101 students. Twelve students were graduated. The lessened number was attributed to the straightened condition of financial affairs. It will be remembered that the Russian system of shop instruction and practice had been adopted in 1876. But, although the legislature had been petitioned for money to build and equip the shops necessary to carry such instruction into practical use two years in succession, that body had not given a favorable response. The importance of hastening preparations was forced upon the attention of the officers of the college in an emphatic and unexpected manner. At the opening of the spring term, 1878, the students of the class in mechanical engineering, having become impressed with the im portance to themselves of an opportunity for shop-instrnction and practice, courteously informed Prof. Pike of that depart ment, that unless supplied with such opportunity at the institu tion of their choice, they should feel cc-)mpelled to seek it else where. The effect of the loss of a promising class for such a reason, would not improve the morale of the institution. The officers of the college and the students immediately interested, subscribed to a fund to be used for providing necessary equipments. This, supplemented by $250 from the hand of Ex-Governor Coburn, always the source of final resort in such cases, sufficed to inaugurate the Russian Svstem of Shop-Instruction on a very humble scale. A small room-the only available one-in a remote part of the chemical laboratory, was assigned to the class, whose members performed all the mechanical labor necessary to put it in readiness for use, including the making of the benches. A competent instmctor from the Boston School of Tech nology was employed, and a course in vise-work was begun. The time employed to complete the course was 12 1-10 days of actual labor-or three hours per day, five days in the week for half a term. It is interesting to notice results. The course consisted of 22 pieces of work. The rank of the work was denoted by numbers. The highest attainable DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL, 33 number was 100. The highest rank actually attained in the possible 100 was 97. 76 per cent, while the average of the entire class was ~t3. 7 per cent. This work was exhibited at the State fair in Portland, where a medal was awarded for its excellence, and skilled mechanics bestowed high commenda tions upon it. The editor of one of the leading papers of that city said of it: "The vise-work sho,ved the skill of trained arti::-;ans in the direction of the manufauture of complicated mnd1inery ." At the commencement of the foll term it was desired to pro vide for a course of instruction in forge-work, but the little room in the attic could not be made to do service where heavy sledges, ,vielded by sinewy arms, were an element in the course. There was no available shop on the college campus. At the request of the students, they were allowed, to use a pile of lumber that had been drawn to the spot for another purpose, and were furnL,hed with the nails and glasi needed. These materials soon assumed the form of a build ing 4lx21 foet where a course in shop-work was duly inaugu rated, the work of construction having been performed entirely by the students. The results of the course were substantially a repetition of those of the preceding course. The achievements of the class in mechanical engineering which have been described, indicate that the training at the State college, sometimes, takes quite a pmctical tu,rn. The catalogue for 1879, registered 102 students. Tlie num her graduated was 21. This year was characterized hy radical changes of a personal character. Hon. Isaiah Stetson resigned his position as treasurer of the institution, and was succeeded by Cul. Eben \Vebster of Orono. Hon. Ahner Coburn, Rev. Samuel F. Dike and Hon. Samuel L. Board man retired from the board of tru~tecs, and. their places were filled by Hon. Luther I. Moore of Limerick; Hon. Emery 0. Bean, of Readfield, and Hon. S. L. Goodale, of Saco. The place in the board of Hon. James C. Mucligan of Houlton, 3 34 STATE COLLEGE. was rendered vacant by his death, and filled by the appoint ment of Hon. A. M. Robinson, of Dover. Rev. Dr. Charles F. Allen resigned the presidency of the col lege on the first of January, 1879 in obedience to a purpose of returning to his vocation as minister in the denomination with which he is connected-formed at the time of his acceptance of the presidency of the institution. Prof. M. C. Fernald was elected to fill the vacancy thus made. Mr. J. R. Farrington resigned his place in the board of instruction, and was followed by W. H. Jordan, B. S., a graduate of the State College. Mr. A1len E. Rogers, A. M., a graduate of Bowdoin College was appointed instructor in the department of Modern Language and Military Science. His predecessor, Professor Francis L. Hills, retired from the college to enter upon the service of the United States Gov ernment at Charleston, S. C. The number of students registered in 1880 is 104; the nuruber of graduates 15. Previous to this year the depart ments of civil and mechanical engineering had been under the charge of Prof. W. A. Pike. Upon his retirement from the college to accept service elsewhere, these departments were separated. The department of civil engineering was assigned to Prof. George H. Hamlin and that of mechanical engineering to Prof. Charles H. Benjamin, both former stu dents at the State College. The regular current of affairs at the college was somewhat disturbed this year ( 1880) by the report of a legislative committee which had visited the institution. The committee objected to the breadth of the course of study laid out by the trustees, and, after indicating their own views of the value of the results obtained, recommended a reduction of the time employed from four to three years, and the limiting of « instruction to branches of study more nearly related to agri culture and the mechanic arts." The. higher culture which comes from literary and classical training, should be excluded, because it .could be obtained elsewhere without expense to the DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 35 State. The legislature, by a decisive vote. indicated its disposition to leave the whole matter of instruction with the officers of the college. The catalogue of 1881 registered 90 students. The num ber of graduates was 25. Up to 1881, there had been no charge for tuition. The lC'gislature of 1879 had provided by enactment that '' a reasonable charge shall be made for tuition, the amount of which shall be determined from time to time, by the trustees." Thirty dollars per annum has since been charged for tuition. The number of students registered in 1882 was 82-of graduates, 24. It was believed that the charge for tuition had the effect to deter individuals from registering as students who might otherwise have done so. The first assignment to the college of a military instructor by the United States government, occurred in 1882, when Lieut. Edgar W. Howe was ordered to report for duty ~.t the institution as instnrntor in Military Science and Practice. The government has provided for such instruction from that time to the present. The number of students registered in 1883 was 76-of graduates, 13. A commedious and substantial wooden build ing was constructe ii I was first Jed to examine the hygienic surroundings. The barn is a lurge one, and has ample room for the stock. It is well lighted and thoroughly ventilated, the air being surpris ingly pure as I entered the building early in the morning. The stalls are kept very clean, as the cattle themselves show. * * * The feeding is judicious in every sense, and the food, both graip. and hay, is of the best quality.'' * * * '' In answer to those who contend this disease was caused by improper feeding or lack of sufficient ventilation and exer cise, it is only necessary to remind you that tuberculosis, like small pox and similar diseases, is a specific nialady, one that can only be spread by coming in contact in some way with its special and detennined infecting agent." DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 37 Dr. Geo. H. Bailey, State V derinary Surgeon, says in his report of 1887, "At the time of my first visit I found the buildings in which the cattle were contained among the hest and mo~t commodious I had ever visited, and that every provision for the maintenance of perfect health among its occupants had been fully and amply secured. An alnrndanee of sunlight and pure water, scrnpulous clf:anliness, sufficient and wholesome nutrition, thorough drainage, and ventilation so perfect that the air was almost as pure inside the barn as out." The disaster to the college herd is not an isolated case. The same disease nttacked the herd of cattle l,elonging to the \Villard Asylum at W'illard, N. Y., two or three years ea1 lier with even more disastrnus results. A large herd belonging to one of the public institutions of Rhode Island met with a 8imilar fate from the same cause. The 11umher of studL·nb registered in 1887 was 121, of gradutes, 20. The prnminent feature in the work of exterior conotrnction in 1887, was the building for the college which he did not fail to improve. Among other trus tees who were associated with Ex-Governor Coburn in these early days of discourugement and doubt, arn] who rendered valuable service to the institution, were Rev. Samuel F. Dike of Bath, and Messrs. S. L. Goodale of Saco, Samuel F. Per ley of Naples, James C. Madigan of Houlton, and Thomas . S. Lang of Vassalboro. It would be a pleasing task to recall the names of all who have served in the hoard for longer or shorter terms, if my limits would allow. The fidelity of their service may be inferred from the fact that during a pP1fod of twenty years, not more than three or four instances have occurred when a majority of the members were not present at tlrn meetings of the board. And\t5uch fidelity is emphasized by the fact that the meetings were quite fr<>quent in the eur:ier years of the college, that the trnstees served without compensation, and that each attendance involved a loss of from two to five days' time to each memuer, dl"pen 44 STATE COLLEGE. the State that gave them birth and the institution that educated them. But it may he objected, that Maine: c:tnnot afford to educate ~o many of her young men for the benefit of other State~. Men of energy nnd enterprise cannot he restrnined by State limits. Truined for useful work, they will go where such work can be found, and they may well exclaim as they go- ''~o pent-np'' Province ''eontracts our powers, The whole bonn11les,- Continent is ours." It can scarcely be doubted, however, that if Maine cap italists who invest heavily in western securities, would use their money to stimulate business enterprises at home, many of our promising young men who now go west for employ ment, would gladly remain in their native State. 1\1:tiue cannot afford to cherish a spirit of narrow section ali:::-rn. She is one of a great sisterhood of States which are tending towards a common destiny. If that destiny be anarchy, vio]enl'e, and a failure of republican institutions, Maine will he involvetl in the comnwn ruin. If, 011 the other h:111d, the tendency he strongly and steadily tmvard::, the ideal government of tne future which is so sensitive to the welfare of the people that ''an injury done to the humblest citizen is folt hy the whole body politic," the citizens of no State will be more eminentix blessed than those ot' Maine. Iu tbc::,e days of violent disturh:rnces among the industries of the country, when the wheels of commerce have heen blocked in whole Stutes, :md the regular and healthy flow of business has been interrupted over wide areas, its eminent need is men of trained intellects, skilled hands, high moral purpose and American ideas, men who, having been educated in sympathy with labor and i 11vested with an intelligent comprehension of what its rights are, can safely he tmsted to determine where such rights end, and those of capital begin. The present condition of the college presents a striking and cheerful contrast with that of the first few fitful and fatP-ful years of its history. Then its board of trustees was charac- DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 45 terized as a body incapable of formulating a policy. Yet it had a well defined policy, to which it has persistently adhered fr0m that day to the present. It was not, indeed, written out on parchment in carefully rounded periods, and flaunted ostentatiously before the eyes of the public. Such a proceed ing would not have been in harmony with the character of such men as Ex-Governor Coburn and his associates. That policy, briefly 'Stated, was to work with strict fidelity to the purposes of the National and State acts, to build thoroughly so far as the work of building was carried-to hmld fir:::;t that which would he needed first, and to be prepared to take the next step forward promptly and intelligently whenever the State should furnish the necessary means. These statements have reference to both the interior life of the institution and exterior construction. In carrying out this policy, the trnstees, the president of the college, and the members of the faculty have worked together with entire harmony of purpose. Whether the policy pursued has been successful or uot, must be determined by results. In the early days of the college, men, whose previous training had fitted them for the special work required in many of the departments, could not IJe found. This was a serious embarrassment to the trustee::,,. Now, its departments, much more numerous than then, are filled almost exclusively by its own graduates, and it is honoring drafts made upon it for instructors by other institutions. The accomplished young artist who prepared the plans of the building where we are now assembled, with its admirable adaptations, is a graduate of the college. By virtue of a recent congressional act, an experimental station has been established as one of the departments of the college. Fifteen years ago, adequate provision for the suc cessful establishment and management of such a station by any ugency or agencies, within the limits of the State, would have been impossible. Now, the State college, without inconvenience or delay, has supplied the neceisary conditions, and the station is in successful operation. Its chemical 46 STATE COLLEGE. laboratory, with its completeness of equipment, furnishes ahundunt facilities for analytical work. The abJe and enter prising director-in-chief, and his competent assistants, are graduates of the State college. The promptness with which the station was organized and made ready for work, attracted attention outside the State, and men engaged in establishing stations for similar work in distant States, have visited the Maine station to seek counsel and advice. Twenty-five years ago, the future of the State college was involved in uncertainty. The vital question was, shall it live a sickly life in the shadow of some existing institution like a plant shut off from sunshine and rain, or an independent life, invested with the power of expantiion and growth? That question has been settled. Resting on the crest of the island once the home of the renowned Indian chief whose name defines its location, and encircled by the waters of one of Maine's noblest rivers, where breezes pure and strong from hill and mountain repel the approaches of effeminacy and impart physical vigor and manliness, the Maine State college stands in well defined outlines, the personifications of robust and vigorous independence. List of Trustees of the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, from 1867 to 1889, and terms of service : Hon. Abner Coburn, from 1867 to 1879; President of the Board from 1867 to 1879. Rev. Samuel F. Dike, from 1867 to :879. Hon. Wm. P. Wingate, from 1867 to 1883; President of the Board from 1879 to 1883. Hon. Lyndon Oak, from 1867 to 1889; Secretary of the Board from 1871 to 1883 ; President of the Board from 1883 to 1889. Hon. Natlianiel Wilson, from 1867 to 1869. "" George R. Sewall, from 1867 to 1868. " Isaiah Stetson, 1867; resigned May 15th, 1867. " Nathan Dane, from 1868 to 1869. DEDICATION OP' COBURN HALL. 47 Hon. Thomas S. Lang, from 1868 to 1874. " S. L. Goodale, from 1869 to 1873. •' S. F. Perley, from 1869 to 1874. '' James C. Madigan, from 1869 to 1879. " 8. L. Boardman, from 1873 to 1879. H Sylvanus T. Hincks, from 1874 to 1881. " Caleb A. Chaplin, from 1874 to 1884. " Luther S. Moore, from 1879 to 1886. ,, Emery 0. Bran, from 1879 to 1883. ,. A. 1\1. Robinson, from 1880 to 1887. ,, Z. A. Gilbert, 1880. " Daniel H. Thing, from 1881 to 1888. Capt. Charles W. Keyes, 1883. William T. Haynes, Esq., Secretary, 1883. Hon. E. E. Parkhurst, from 1884 to 1888. Gen. R. B. Shepperd, 1885. Rutillus Alden, Esq., 1888. William H. Strickland, Esq., 1888. Hon. Ji"'red Atwood, 1888. LIST OF TREASURERS. Hon. Isaiah Stetson, from 1867 to 1879. Col. Eben WeLster, from 1879 to 1883. J. Fred Webster, Esq,, 1883. List of Presidents, Profet:isors, and Instructors of the Maine State CollC'ge of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, from its organization, 1868 to 1888: PRESIDBNTS. Merritt C. Fernald, A. M., Acting President, 1868 to 1871. Charles F. Allen, A. M., D. D., President. 1871 to 1879. Merritt C. Fernald, A. M., Ph.D., President, 187\). PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS, Merritt C. Fernald, A. M., Professor in Mathematics and Physics, 1868 to 1879 ; Physics, Mental and Moral Science, 1879. Samuel Johnson, A. M., Instructor in Agriculture and Farm Superintendent, 1868 to 1871. 48 STATE COLLEGE. Stephen F. Peckham, A. M., Professor of Chemistry, 1869 to 1871. Calvin Cutter, M. D., Lecturer in Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene, 1869 to 1871. Corydon B. Lakin, Instructor in Book-keeping, 1869 to 1870 and 1871. Capt. Henry E. Sellers. Military Instructor, 1869 and 1870. ,John Swift, B. S., Instructor in Botany and Horticulture, 1870 to 1871. l\IrB. :Mary L. Fernald, Instructor in French and German, 1870 and 1871. X. A. Willard, A. M , Lecturer on Dairy Farming, 1870. James J. H. Gregory, A. M., Lecturer on Market Farming and Gardening, 1870. A. S. Packard, Jr., M. D., Lecturer on Useful and Injurious Insects, 1871. E. S. l\Iorse, Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy, and Zoology, 1871. tVm. E. Hoyt, Instructor in Descriptive Geometry and Mechanical Drawing, 1871. C. F. ,'\lien, A. 1\1., D. D., Professor in English Literature and 2.\kntal and 1\foral Science, 1871 to 1879. "\ViJliam A. Pike, C. E., Professor of Civil Engineering, 1871 to · rnso. Robert L. Packard, A. l\f., Professor of Chemistry and Modern Languages, 1872. Cbar1e8 H. Fernald, A. 1\1., Professor of Natural History, 1871 to 1886. ,Joseph R. Farrington, Farm Superintendent, 1871 to 1878. •• " Instructor in Agriculture, 1878 and 1879. Capt. ,Tames Deane, Military Instructor, 1871 to 1874. ,John Perley, Instructor in Book-keeping, 1872 to 1874. C. F. Stone, Professor of Chemistry (spring), 1873, three months. "\Y. 0. Atwater, Professor of Chemistry, 1873. Alfred B. Aubert, B. S., Professor of Chemistry, 1874. Randall Whittier, Professor of Modern Languages and Mechanics, 1873 and 1874. Prof. ,James Law, V. S., Lecturer on Veterinary Science, 1874. DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 49 George H. Hamlin, C. E, Assistant in Engineering, 1873-4; Assis tant Professor 1874 to 1876; Professor of Drawing and Field Engineering. 1876 to 1879; Professor of Mathematics and Drawing, 1879-80 ~ Professor of Civil Engineering, 1880. Winfield S. Chaplin, Professor of Modern Languages and Mt:·ehanics, and Military Instructor, 1874 to 1877. Francis L. Hill, Professor of Modern Languages and Military Inistructor, 1877 and 1878. Miss halwl S. Allen, Instructor in German, 1877. Timothy G. Rich, Farm Superintendent, 1879 to 1882. Allen E. Rogers, A. l\I.. Instructor in Modern Languages and l\Iili tary Science, 1879 and 1880; Professor of .Modern Languages and Instrnctor in Military Science, 1880 to 1882 ; Professor of 1\1 oclern Languages, Logic and Political Economy, l 8Kt. ,vhitman H .•Jordan, B. S., Instructor in Agriculture, 1879 and lKSO. Wilbur F. Decker, B. 1\1. E., Instructor in Shop-work, 1879 and 1880. Charles II. Benjamin. M:. E., Instructor in Mechanical Engineer ing, 1880 and 1881; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1881 to 1887. ·walter Balentine, :l\L S., Instructor in Agriculture, 1881-2; Pro fessor. 1882. Walter Flint, B. 1\1. E., Instructor in Vise-work and Forge-work, 1881 to 1887; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1887. Lieut. Edgar W. Howe, 17th Infantry, U . .S.A., Professor of Mili tary Seiencc and Tactics, 1882 to l885. Gilhnt 1\1. Gowell, Farm Superintendent, 1882 to 1887. Lieut. Charles L. Phillips, Professor of Military Science and Tac tics, 1885 to 1888. Francis L. Harwy, 1\1. S , Professor of Natural History, 1886 . •James N. Hart 1 B. C. K, Instructor in l\Iathematics and Drawing, 1887. Howard S. Webb, B. 1\1 R., Instructor in Shop-work, 1887. Lieut. Everard E. Hat<'h, Professor of Military Science and Tac tics, 1888. 4 50 STATE COLLEGE. REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE. To the T1'Ustees of the Maine State College of Agriculture and the ]tfecltanic Arts: The committee appointed to have charge of the construc tion of a new building for the departments of agriculture and natural history have attended to their duty and report as followH : Your committee was appointed March 31st, 1887, and at the same time the board of trustees voted that we supply an architect to make plans and specifications for the proposed building; and this was the first, :md, perhnps, the. most important duty that your committee have had to perform in conn1"dion with the building. After C'arefully considering the rC'lative merits of ull the older ar<'liitect~ in our State we finally re1:,olved to give the job to a graduate of our own col lege, thuugh a young man, and a very young: architect but by his own profession very widely known for his published works in his li11e of business-and, in short, we can say that Mr. F. E. Kidder has in every respect fu1filled our most san gui11e expectations; and it has been a great safo,faction to the ('Ommittce to note the honest and eHrnest mauner in ·which one of the college graduates has performed his work, amply dr-mon,.;trating that we can rear men of praetieal ability as well a8 theory in the higher mechanicnl pur::-uits of life, which in our age of building has, and is yet to form so great a part in our .American civilization. l\lr. Kidder has the ability. in our judgment, to htke a high pl.tee in his chosen profession. This piece of work is a monu ment to his early skill, which for the purpose designed, has met with the most favorable comment from those who are to occupy it. We commend it t~ the public, and have no fears of honet'.\t criticism from intelligent and uubit1sed men. The college and the State are very much indebted to Prof. G. H. Hamlin of the college, who has had the daily super vision of building from beginning to end. The work could DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 51 hRve ha Total ...... •...... $27,103 80 This is $2, 103.80 beyond the appropriation made by the State, but we have felt authorized to expend thi.s small amount DEDICATION 01<' COBURN HALL. 53 in nddition to the nmount appropriated inasmuch ns we were able to carry out all the plans and specifications, and not cramp the design in any particular. For once in the college history we have been able to build and furnish a building all at one job, which will be understood, at least, hy the older friends of the college-as a grnat boom for our favorite insti tution of learning. In this we feel that we shall he approved hy the last legis lative committee for whose liherai recommendation we are greatly indebted. Their parting adviee was to constrnct a building that would he an honor to the State and the in~titt: tion, and as this exl'ess in cost h:1s come from the fixtures; furniture, grading and other necessary c,quipmcnb,, we con siuer that we are not entitled to any ct•nsnre, even if the legislature shall he ask.eel to mak~ thi:-; good to the collt-gc, and to add more for some further eq 11i pmento that the bu i Id ing in time is sure to 1wecl. The money is all here, and so invested that it wo11 ld scorn that no citizen of the State can feel shaky at the invcstrnent or the security. To this report I add the contracts made ,vith the varioug p:uties who have dune the work and an itemized bill paid by the college treasurer. \Y ILLIAM T. HAINES, For the Com1nittee. RESPONSE-THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTi\IENT. By F. L. HARVEY. lJJr. President, [Ionorable Gentlemen, Laclies and Gentle nien: The department of college instruction in my charge will occupy much space in the beautiful new building we have met to-day to dedicate, therefore it becomes my privilege and pleasure on this occa~ion to respond in behalf of the natural hi.-itory department. I have been deeply interested in the general history of the college, as narrated by the historian, and also in the remarks 54 STATE COLLEGE. made by other gentlemen regarding the affairs of the institu tion. Prior to my connection with the college its history was entirely new to me, yet it seems as though I had heard it before. In fact, it is essentially the same story of struggle pcrsistent strugglc-aguin~t ma11y adversities, that could be told by most of the laud-grant colleges. And it seems strange that the greatest oppo::-ition has generally come from the class of citizens the large-hearted Morrill designe The phy~ieal sciences have u:-,nally had prcfen1 nce in the histo1·y of individual colleges. This in~titut ion has for many year:;, had a chemical labora tory, <'(lllippec1 for experimental chemistry, and work-shops where 1'itudenb are trained to work in wood and irun. The 11at untl h i,:,;tury clcpartmeut has waited nnti l now. The C'rection of this building, with its facilitic:;, for extended work in natural history, will ever be a prominent landmark in the history of the department and the college. Compare this heautiful lrnil as though I was about to he liberated from a prison cell. The inspiration of the new surroundings will be a strong in centive to both pupils and teacher, impelling them to do a higher order of work. The fact that the legislnture appropriated the money for this new building is evidence that it appreciates the im pdrtance of practical work in the natnral sciences, and the position the biological sciences are taking in modern cour~es of instruction. The natural sciences underlie the affairs of practical life, and must ever occupy a prominent place in a practical edu cation. To teach them from text-books alone is to make the sciences dry, unattractive and of but little utility. There should he proper text-books, corrected :rnd snpple mcnted by lectures, illustrated by specimens :rnd enforced by laboratory practice. The student must he brought face to face with the objects and problems of nature. To to do this, extensive collections and lahoratory foci Ii ties and appliances arc indispensable. The m118etnn filled with repre:;eutative specimens, and the laboratory supplied with suitable npparatus, are tools in the lrnncb of the tcaeher of scienec, enabling him to give thorough prndical i11:;truetion. \Ye have the building, but at present there i8 only a little to put into it. The building of collections and <'quipping the laborutory with proper modern appliances i8 largely a problem of the future. To build the museum and maintain the laboratories wi 11 re quire the earnest co-operation of students, alumni, faculty, board of trustees, the legislature and friends oub:,ide of the college. Undergraduates of the College: You can help increase the collections with specimens from this locality and from other parts of the State. While making class collections, you will frequently find rare vegetable or animal specimens new to the cabinets. By collecting during vacation at your homes, and donating duplicates, you will add valuable mate- DEDICATION OF COBGRN HALL. 57 rial to the museum or for exchange. The department will tuke pleasure in giving you foll credit on the labels for any desirable material presented. You plant trees and the ivy vine to perpetuate the memory of your classes. Did you ever thi11k of pre:::;entation day and the donating of a class collection or specimen to the museum? ,vould it not he pleasant to see in the museum the l\foose uf '89, the Owl of '90, the Deer of '91, or the Caribou of 'U2? Ladies and Gentlemen of tile Alitnini: I can but make . an earnest appeal to you. You cun materially aid the natural history department without much trouble or expense. \\'hen you leave these ha1 h, to engage in the work of life, you will be scattered for an Amateur students, who from business engagements or other causes are debarred from longer pursuing their chosen science, and yet who have vahrnble collections in their pos... session, could build for themselves a creditable and lasting monument and confer a priceless boon upon the science students of the college by donating their collections. May we not soon be able to speak of the Smith Herbarium, the Brown Co11cction of Minerals, the Jones Ornithological Collection, &c. &c., as is done by the older colleges? Can we not further hope that alumni an ADDRESS By Hon. SAMUEL LIBBEY. JJ1r. Chairnian and Gentlemen of the State College: It affords me great pleasure to congratulate you, one nnd all, upon the completion of this beautiful building, 011e ap parently so well adapted to the purposes for which it was constructed. I am happy to do so as nn individual, because ever ~ince its location here, I have hnd a lively interest in the success of the college as an e It is s:tid that the ancient Greeks and Egyptians cultivated their soil better than any portion of the earth was tilled even a century ago. The alternation of crop::; was almost un known, fields exhausted by frequent repetition of the snme crop were allowed to lie follow as in the time of Moses, draim~ge was of the rudest kind and farming implements of the most primitive type. The plow in general use was little better than that of Virgil's time and only scratched the ground. Too often the farmer grasped the poker, as it were, at the hot end, and accomplished what he did only by sheer force of muscle and of will, aided by the bounty of nature. The advance made in ngricultnre rn all its branches dudng the lust half century has heen prodigious, clue largely to the crea tion of mechanical nppliances by American inventive genius, aidell hy wealth and supplemented by the assistance of the sclrnob. Hereafter, intelligence more than ever before, is to be ('otmted as a factor of success. The former must be instl'uded as well as the professional mnn, and we are glad to kncrn- that there is to be an institution among us where ex1wrimcnts in cultivation may be tried at the public expense, and the humblest tiller of the soil profit thereby as well as bi::; 1110re favored neighbor. Now that you have secured this builcling and its accessories, he will naturnlly expect that with the increased facilities at its command, this college will take auother step in advance and give to the 64,000 farmers in this State not theorctic,tl only, but practical hints in the art of successful husbandry which will redound to your credit and to the material and the civic welfare of our agricultural people, the one class of classes there are among us, which stanch; as the foundation .of the success of us all. This I have no doubt you will be pleased to do, and, among the other results, ,vill be the educating of its graduates towards and not away from manual labor as a means of success in life. Again let me congratulate you upon the possession of this beautiful building and upon all the good results which must certainly come from its establishment her.e; and in closing DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL, 63 permit me to express the belief, which I certainly enjoy, that they builded well who made its construction possible. ADDRESS By Hon. HERBERT ::\I. HEATH. This college has passed the experimental stage. It has come to stay. Thoughtful men are lwginning to apprl'eiate its importance to the pressing problem:::; of the futun·. The purely literary colleges will ever have a great work in train ing profe::.;sional men. But the nge crie:::i out for prndical men, for mechanics, for men of science to grapple with the blind forces of nature not yet subdued. A literary edueation is good, but it stops too short. Tbe great mass (1f mankind cannot pos::.;ibly earn a living by it. The prize:::; of tlw fut.ire will be found upon the highway of scientific education. The country needs more captains of industry. \\re need, :ind JuU are giving it, a training that will open the book of lift· and no longer grope in the graveyard of a dead and mu,-ty p<1st. You have grander themes than the jealousies of Juno 01· the intrigues of adulterous Jupiter. In your develop11H·11t you draw rich draughts from the pure well::, of English u 1Hldiled, the mother tongue of the people. It i::.; the true creed, French for volatile Frnnce, Italian for melod iou:-; Italy, Gtjrma11 for phlegmatic Germany, the kai gar for the Greeks who were nsleep before Chri::,t, but strong, sturdy, hearty A11gl1J-S:txon for the det-ce11dani8 of the men of Runnymede. You may dazzle the intellect with the flowing music of Virµil, you may astoni::,h a gaping audience with soporific Greek, hut the key to the inner chambers of the heart i::.; the grand old mother tongue. Our first stock came, not from the cla::,::,ic hills of imperial Rome, not from the gymnasia of Athens, but from the woods of the Saxon and the intervales of the Angle. The language of the parlor will not touch the heart of him that toils in the heut and burden of the day. Demo:sthenes and Virgil may do for scholars-closet scholars that look out 64 STATE COLLEGE. into the back yard and mistake it for the worl 5 66 STATE COLLEGE. ADDRESS By Dr. J. '.r. CUSHING. Travellers in Rome for centuries past have among other objects of interest, had their attention arrested by vast piles of masonary called triumphal arches. There were originally many of these arches, and not a few are still standing in the most populous parts of modern Rome. They are gazed at, admired, and commented on by thousands of tourists annually. And what is their mission in this day? What, after this lapse of years, do .they say to these passing thousands? History, here gives no uncertain sound, no myth, no probabHity. The record is complete, they bear on their faces the marks of their identity. l'hey were erected by great conquerors, in Rome's palmy days, to commemorate the importance and magnitude of the deeds done by their armies. The arch of Titus, one of the most celebrated, is covered with sculptured copies of the precious things taken from the temple at J ernsalem, when that city was destroyed. There we see the golden candlestick, with its seven branches, and the sacred vessels made from the patterns given to Moses, even though the originals httve long since perished from the earth. The arch of Constantine in its ornamentation, shows us his battles with the heathen and some of the material fruits of his victories, commemorating his first great victory when he saw the sign of the cross in the sky, and by that sign conquered. These grand arches, seen daily by the people, gazed at by the young and studied by the old, must have been the source of many an instructive lesson, in patriotism, generalship, and manly qualities to the Roman youth and even to us at this late time, they are crowded with instruction and interest. Modern nations do not send out a great general to put all enemies under his feet, but the conquests of these latter days, are no less remarkable, and complete. It took Rome seven hundred years to grow from the city of Romulus to the DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL. 67 empire of Augustus, and the world still cons the story and teaches it to the rising generation. ·what shall we say then of the nation, founded by the little band of Pilgrim exiles, which has grown to be so great in less than half Rome's time? vYhat were the first signs of their purpose and principles, that our fathers showed? 'When they saw their faith triumphant, and their theories successful, they built triumphal arches all over their domain. True, they called them churches nnd school-houses, and they were built of logs, but they showed none the less, that freedom of thought and liberty of action, that education and advance ment had gained victory over despotism and tyranny. \Vhere is the man or woman in our broad luud to-clay, that is not prouder of his heritage in what this victory cstablitihcd,. and the fruits of which we enjoy, even in our plainest churches and school-houses, yes, a thousand times prnuder than if he could trace his descent even to the noblest Roman of them all, and point to great t:1tatues and columns in fine architecture as the work of his fathers? We have kept on lmildiug tri umphal arches all these two hundred and sixty years. They long ago ceased to be built of logs, and when we clcdicate a building like the one to-day, it bears the marks of other tri umphs. The wilderness has been made to blossom as the rose; the waste and solitary places have become full of people; all the forces of nature have been subjected to man. The earth has given forth her treasures of coal, iron and stone. The forest has yielded her choicest woods, and all that art and science can do is done to show in this triumphal arch how complete is the victory we, as a nation of working people, have gained over inanimate nature. The very presence of such a building as this marks the onward march of science and art, as well as of education and ·advancement. I Another thought has been present with me in considering this building. The people of Maine have enjoyed the bene fits of statehood sixty-eight years. The '" District of Maine"' 68 STATE COLLEGE. ceased to be sixty-eight years ago, but only within the last half of this time has Maine seemed to feel her great possi bilities and opportunities. It took her many years to learn what statehood meant, and .for a long time she seemed still to depend on Massachusetts. She sent thither and to the Western States many of her ablest sons, there to become famous. Now all this is changed, and the change, though it has been gradual, is a remarkable one in every way. Witness, in proof of this, the educational institutions that have been established in the last twenty-five years. Think of the in dustries founded and advanced. Tbjnk of the improved ways of farming, of dairy work, of orcharding. Look at the most prominent puhlic men of the nation and think how mauy of them came from Maine. The man to whom all eyes have been turned for the last eight or ten years, it is true is not a native Yankee, but he will be known a~ Blaine of Maine as long as history endures. Our representatives and senators are men of unusual ability. A l\Iaine man has received the republican nomination for Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives at the last two sessions of Congress, and some of the most important hills considered in Congress for the last half dozen years on important subjects, such as civil service reform, the fi6herics and the shipping interests, have originated with, and been named for, our Maine representatives. These men hold places of advancement and trust, by reason of their ability, utterly out of proportion to Maine's population and wealth, as can be easily seen by comparison with a wealthy pop ulous State like New York. These are only a few of the ways in which .Maine is realizing her greatness and impressing her individuality upon national history. I can not speak of other points, but I ask you to scan the State from Aroostook to York, from the head-waters of th.e .Androscoggin to the St. Croix, and cast your mind's eye back to what was the condi tion of the State thirty years ago, and tell me if I am not right in saying that Maine has awakened to a new life, a sense of her boundless resources and ne~ds. DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL, 69 I regard these services to-day, as at once the result and proof of this great change. Our triumphal arch is erected to show us to be the victors over sloth, ignorance and a blind adherence to the ways of our fath~rs. It shows us active, independent, educated, advancing men. "\Ve have yet another cause for congratulation to-day. Three years ago, when misfortune had overtaken this institu tion, when disaster had attended some of its. most cherished plans, there were not wanting men m the State, -who said abroad that the State College was a failure, that money given to it was thrown away. Yes, even during the last session of the legislature, when the resolve for apprl>priating the money for this very building, was hefm·e the House, men said " let us wait and see what they will do there at Orono, before ,ve give them an,v more of our aid. Let us see if they can re cover from t'Lese misfortunes and avoid new ones before we vote any supplies." Fellow citizens, is this the line of your reasoning and the course of your action, when your child falls and breaks a limb? Do you wait till you see if he can get up alone, whether in trying to rise he makes any more missteps, beiore you offer him generous, willing aid to re cover fr0m his hu:::t and to heal his broken bones? Not such is the thought of any father or mother. You go to your child gladly, you hind up his wounds, and try to alleviate his pain. You inquire into the causes of the accident and if pos sible remove them, to avoid a repetition of the catastrophe, but you do not leave him to suffer alone till you see how much vitality he has in himself, how much power to get over a serious ,votmd unaided. And is this college any less the child of the State, than these your children are yours? This college has been fostered from its first existence by the Sta.te, and has been encouraged to look to it for supplies, and was the State, when its child asked for bread, to give it a stone. vVhen it asked for fish should the child receive a serpent, because, forsooth it had been unfortunate? Happily these too prudent counsels did not prevail with the legislature of 1887, and we have met to-day to congratulate 70 STATE COLLEGE. eBCh other and this child of the State upon its renewed pros perity and success. Our arch of triumph can be inscribed once more with the symbols of a victory of generous principles, and duty fu }filled over fals~ ideas of prudence and indifference. I congratulate the president of this college on seeing the completion of thi's grand triumphal arch. "I know thy ·works and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil and hast borne, and hast patience and hast labored and hast not fainted." Behold the reward of thy labor. I congratulate you, professors and teachers of this college, in having your needs and wants for better facilities for doing your noble work, at last supplied in this beautiful structure. You can now labor with more assurance of complete success. I congratulate the students on seeing their alma mater rising higher and becoming broader in its material aspect, while in its mental and moral curriculum it is still advancing, and thus becoming in all respects one of the finest institutions of its kind in all our land. And I will not forget the committee who have had this work in their immediate charge ; surely no tax payer in this State will ever have aught of which to complain in regard to the expenditure of the appropriation, made for this object. I doubt if three men could be found in all this State who could have made a wiser use of the funds committed to their charge. They merit the thanks of the ent.ire commonwealth. I congratulate you all upon the prosperity that attends this institution. And in view of the trials, discouragements and afflictions through which it has victoriom,ly come, to the history of which we have listened this afternoon, the words of one of our most talented poets, James Russell Lowell, in his ideal June day seem most fitting: What is so rare as a day in June? 'l'hen, if ever, come perfect days. Then Heaven tries earth, if it be in tune, And o'er it softly her warm ear lays. Whether we look or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glisten. DEDICATION OF COBURN HALL, 71 Now the heart is so full that a drop o'er fills it, We are happy now because God wills it. No matter how barren the past may have been, ~Tis enough for ns now that the leaves are green. ,ve sit in the warm shade and feel right well. How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell. "\Ve may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing 'l'hat skies are clear and. grass is growing. Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how, Every thing is happy now. Every thing is upward striving, ''l'is as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue, 'Tis the natural way of living. Who knows whither the clouds have fled? In the unscarred heavens they leave no wake, And the eyes forget the tears they have shed, The heart forgets its sorrow and ache, The soul partakes the season's youth, And the sulphurous rifts of passion and woe Lie deep, 'neath a silence pure and smooth, Like burnt-out craters healed with snow. BULT~ETIN OF THE Maine State College Laboratory OJ<' NATURAL HISTORY. Vol. I.--No. 1. NOVEMBER, 1888. A Catalogue of the Minerals and Rocks in the Museum. ~~~~~-·~~~~~~ AUGUSTA: BURLEIGH & FLYNT, PRINTERS TO THE ST.ATE. 18 88. INTRODUCTION. The following catalogue of minerals and rocks embraces all the specimens of any value found in the cabinets, when the writer took charge of the department; together with the accessions for the last two years. This catalogue is a copy of the register in which is kept a record of the minerals and rocks belonging to the college museum. The minerals have been arranged in the cases according to Dana's system, in the following groups: I. Native Elements. II. Sulphides, Tellurides, Selenides, Arsenides, Anti- monides, Bismuthides. III. Chlorides, Bromides, Iodides. IV. Fluorides. V. Oxygen Compounds. VI. Hydrocarbon Compounds. InDana's System each specie~ is assigned a definite number, thus gold is 1 ; quartz 231. The speciments in the collection each bear a label upon which is written the serial register number and the species number. ·with this catalogue and a copy of Dana's Mineralogy in hand a student can find and study, without personal attention, any species found in the collection. This catalogue is designed to aid the students in doing museum work in mineralogy, and to call the attention of those interested in the cabinets to what we have and what we need. 4 CATALOGUE OF MINERALS AND ROCKS. The collection of rocks will also be arranged in a con venient manner for study. The collections in the department of Mineralogy and Lith ology are meagre, and many of the specimens poor. Quite a large number of specimens in the cabinet are with out tickets showing locality and donor. We will he pleased to hear from any, who have contributed specimens to the college, whose names do not appear. We desire to complete our register and give due cre.dit. Donations of good specimens of species catalogued, and specimens not represented, are solicited. Special cases, or space, will be assigned. when requested, to donors who contribute a sufficient number of specimens. There will be published occasional supplements to this list, in which full credit will be given to donors. The best miner als and rocks in the collection came from the Smithsonian Institution and United States National Museum; principally through the kindness of Mr. Geo. P. Merrill, Assistant at the National Museum, Washington, D. C. The collection of Maine Minerals placed on exhibition by Mr. N. H. Perry, South Paris, Me.; the collection of Maine Granites by F. M. Reed, and the collect.ion by F. A. Mans field are worthy of special mention. Mr. L. H. Merrill of the Experiment Station has kindly placed on exhibition in the museum his private collection of rocks.. .If. L. HARVEY. Prof. Nat. History. COBURN HALL, November, 1888. CATALOGUE. CATALOGUE OF MINERALS. 0 z Name. Locality. Donor. 1 1 Gold in Quartz •••••••••••••••.•••••••. 1 British Columbia ...... Unknown. 2 1 Gold bearing rock •••••..•••...•••••••. 1 California. •..••..•...... •...•.•. 3 l Gold in Quartz ..•....•••••..•..•..•••• 3 Esmeralda. County, ~ ev.... • • • • . • . United States National Museum. 4. I l California ....•.....•••••••••.•.... 5 12 Native Copper •••••••••.•••.•••.•••.••. 2 Lake Superior, Mich ...... •.. 6 12 " ,, 2 " ,, 7 22 Sulphur .••.•••••••.••••..•.•••• 1 Nevada •...... ••••....•••••...•••. 8 22 .. 1 Italy ...... W. H. Pennell. 9 22 1 " Chas. Abbott, M. D. 10 25 Graphite ...... 1 Canada •...•.•....••••....•••.•••. Unknown. 11 25 ,, ...... l Unknown ...... 12 25 1 Ticonderoga, N. Y •..•..•••••••... ,, 13 25 12 Rhode Island.. • • • • • • • • ...... •• , , 14 78 Chalcopyrite and Malachite ....••••..•. 2 Maine ...•..•...••••...... •.•••. S. T Peckham. 15 78 " " 2 Unknown 16 78 and Quartz ....•••.••..... 1 J. K Bennock. 17 75 Pyrite •.....•....•...•..••••...•.•..••. I Unknown ...•••..•...... •.•. Unknown. 18 l 2fl Argentiferous Tetrahedrite •..•...... •. l Inyo County, Cal ...... United States National Museum. 19 2!1 Stibnite ...... 1 Arizona ••.•••.•••.••..•. , •.•.••. 20 64 Cinnabar ...... 2 Santa Clara County, Cal...... 21 56 Sphalerite..•••...•.•••...... ••••••• 1 Unknown ...... •...... •. 22 61 Chalcocite ..•••....••.•..•..•••.•..•••. 1 Pinal County, Arizona •....•..•..•. 23 49 Bornite and Chalcopyrite •.•...... •••• 1 Unknown ...... 24 44 Argentiforous Galena ...... 3 Utah •....•••..••..••.••...... ••. 25 44 " and Cerussite ...... 1 Canon, Utah ...... 26 78 Chalcopyrite ..••••••••.•...•..•••••.•. 1 Queensland, Australia...... United States National .Mu1eum. 27 66 Millerite ...... •..•••..••.•••.... 3 Lancaster County, Pa •••••••••••••• 28 44 Argentiferous Galena ...•••...•...•.••• 9 Guilford, Me ...•••••••••••••••••• Unknown. 2!) 44 4' " 1 Unknown ..•••.••••••••.••.•••.•.. 30 44 2 Garland, Me ....•....•••••••••••••• Albert Gordon. 31 4,L Galena .•....••.••...... •••...•.•..• 1 Guilford, Me .•••••••••..•.....•••• Unknown. 32 H 1 Iowa .•..•.•.....•.•.••••••.••••••• J. E. Bannock. 33 44 3 " Samuel Libby. 34 78 Chalcopyrite ...... •••.••.••• • ..• · 1 Canada, ••.••..•••..•..•••..•..••. Unknown. 35 78 ,, 1 Unknown •••••••••••••••••••••• ····j 36 ~14 Molybdenite ...... •...•....•..• 2 Brunswick, Me .•..•.••.•.•••••.••• I::= 37 7ij Pyrite ...... •••.•••....••• • ..• • · • • • . · · • 1 Garland, Me ...•••..•••••••••••••• Albert Gordon. e: 38 76 1 Unknown •..••..•...••.•..•••••••• Unknown. z 3!} 76 1 t_,;j 40 75 2 " rn 41 29 Stibnite and Pyrite ..•..•••••••••••.••• I " 42 56 Blonde and Pyrite •...•.•.•••••.••••••• l t>J~ 43 56 Blende .••.••••.•••••••.•••..•.••••.••• I Roxbury, Ct •...••••..••.•••••• • ••• • 44 ,19 Bornite •..••••.•••..•••••••••• , ••••••• 1 Unknown ...... c Bristol, Ct.... • • • • .. . • .• • • • ••••• 0 45 49 1 t'" 46 44 Galena and Chalcopyrite., ....••.•••.••. 2 Unknown ...... t'" t".l H 94 Arsenopyrite . • . ...•••••••.••••••••••• 2 Freiberg, Saxony •.••••.••••••••••• i:p 48 94 •• and Silver ..•••••.••••..•. ] Nevada •...... •••••••••••••• Anson Allen, t".l 41} 2 Silver and Galena ...... ••.••••••••••• 1 Comstock Lode, Nev ...... ~ 50 164 Cryolite...••••••••.••••••••••••••••••• 2 Arksut-fiord, Greenhrnd .••••••• United States National Museum. q I Esmeralda County, Nev ...... (/)_ 51 159 Fluorite •....•••••.•••••••••.••.•••••..• t_,;j 52 159 I M uscalongwe Lake, N. Y •.••.••.••. Unknown. d Idaho ••••••••..•••••••••••..•••••• 53 140 Cerargyrite • . . . • • • . • • . • • • • . •••..••••• 2 ~ 54 138 Salt, (sea water) •..••••.••.••••.••••••• 1 Portland, Me. • ••••••••.••.••••••• W. H. Pennell. 55 138 Rock 8alt. .• . • . ••.•.•••.••••••••••• 2 Lincoln County, Nev, ...... United Sta.tea National Museum. 56 138 1 Unknown ...•.••••.••.••••..•.•••• Unknown. 57 179 Corundum .•••••••.••••..•..•.•..••.••• 3 Chester, Mass •••••••••••.••.•••••• 58 179 2 Franklin, N. C ..•...•..••. , ••••.•• 59 179 1 Smyrna, Me ••.•••••••••.•••.•••••• 60 179 2 Newlin, Pa .•••••••••••••••••••..•. 61 459 Margarite and Corundum •..•.••..•••••• 2 " 62 180 Hematite ..••.••••••••••••.••••••••••• I Flamout, France ..•.••••••••••••••• 63 180 3 Lake Superior •.•••.••.•••••••••••• J Sumner Rogers. 64 )86 Magnetite ...••••••••••.••••••••••.••• 2 Brunswick, Me•..•.••.•••••••••••• Unknown. -1 ------"·····-······ CATALOGUE OF MINERALS-Continued. ~ 0 Cl) z 8 s::: 0 0 ·c:; z Name. Cl) Locality. Donor. i:i. i 00 0 0 =0 z 65 186 Magnetite ••••....•..•••••.•••.••••••. 1 New York ...... Unknown. 66 188 Franklinite, Zincite, and Willemite •••••• 2 Franklin, N. J ...... •••...... 67 188 " " and Tephroite ••••• 2 " " U.S. National Museum. 68 188 Rhodonite and Calcite .••••••• 1 Sussex Co., N. J ...... Unknown. 69 188 Franklinite and Willemite ...••..•..•••• I Franklin, N. J .•..•••••••..•.•••.. 70 176 Zincite, Rhodonite, and Franklinite ..... I Sussex Co., N. J ...... ••...... • ., 71 189 Chromite •.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••. I Texas, Pa •••••••••••••••••••••.••. 72 um " 1 Cecil Co., Md •••••••••••••••••••••. 73 192 Cassiterite . • • • • • • • . • • • • . • . . • . •••••••• 2 Winslow, Me ...... A. C" Hamlin. 74 183 Spin el and Seybertite ...... · I Amity, N. J ..•...... •••...•.. Unknown. 75 186 Magnetite ...... 8 Unknown •.•••••....••.•..••••.•.. 76 l!:13 Rutile ...... 4 Campbell Co., N. J ...... U. S. National Museum. 77 199 Pyrolusite .•••••••••••••••...•....•••. I San Francisco Bay, Cal ...... 78 205 Manganite .••••••.•.••.•.....•..•.••. I Cartagena, Murcia, Spain ..••••••••. " 79 206 Limonite••.•••••••..••••••..•••••••••. 1 Unknown ...... Unknown." " " 80 206 1 Salisbury, Ct .••...••.•.••••••••••• 81 206 I Unknown •..•••••••••••••••.•••••. " 82 206 " ] Piscataquis Co., Me ...••••••••••••• D. F. Gould. 83 206 13 ,, '' ,, ...... ,, 84 217 Psilomelane •..••••..•..•••....•••••••. I Cartagena, Spain ...... U.S. National Museum. 85 210 Brucite ....•••..••••••..•.•.•.•••••••• 6 Texas, Pa ...... ••••••.••••••••..•. 86 218 Dendrites on Flint ••.•••••••••••••••••. 1 Chalk Cliffs, Eng...•••.••.•.••.•••. W." B. Pennell. 87 218 " Slate •.•••••••••••••••••. 2 Brownville, Me •..••••••••••••••••• J. S. Williams, 88 180 Ochre ••••••••••..•••••••.•••••••••••• 2 Unknown ...... Unknown. 89 231 Quariz .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I " 90 231 Quartz .•••.•••••••••••.•••.•••..•••••• 5 Unknown, ...... 1 Unknown. 91 231 ...... ········ ...... 7 Arkansas •..•.••••••••••••.••.•••. 92 231 ...... 1 Unknown •••••••••••••••••.••.•••. 9S 231 ...... 1 ········· ...... -·· 94 23 l ...... 2 Chester Co., Pa .•...... •.•••••••••. 95 231 ...... ········ 1 Georgetown, Me •.....•••••.••.••• · 1 C. W. Rogers • 96 231 Rose Quartz ••.••••.•••.••••••...•••••• 1 Oxford Co., Me •••••••••.•••••••.•.. E. L. Hamlin. 97 231 ...... 1 Unknown •.•..•••••••••••.••••.••. Unknown • 98 231 Smoky " ...... ········ 1 Topsham, Me ...... 99 231 Quartz Geode ...... 2 Warsaw, Ill...... 100 231 ...... 1 Keokuk', Iowa •••••••••.•••.••..••• G. M. Shaw. ~ 101 231 Amethyst, .•••••••••••.••••••..••••••• 1 Partridge, N. S •..•••••.•••.••.•••• Unknown. p,- ~ 102 231 " ...... ········ ...... 3 Cape Sharp, N. S ...... !z: 103 231 .... ···- ...... ········ 1 Lake Superior •••••..••••••....••.. t,;I 104 231 -··· ...... 1 Cape Blomidon, N. 8 ...••••.••••••• [IJ 105 231 2 Yellowstone National Park, Wyo .• ,. >-3 ...... p,- 106 231 " ...... 1 Partridge Island, N. S ...... " >-3 107 231 Geode •.•.•••••••...... 1 Yellowstone National Park, Wyo • , . U. S. National Mul!eum. l.,tj 108 2:i 1 ...... 2 " " " " .... c 109 231 a.nd Agate ..•...••••.••••••• 2 0 110 231 Quartz .••.•....•••..•••••.. , , .•.• , •••• 3 Unknown ...... Unknown. " ~ ~ 111 231 ...... 4 ...... , ~ ...... trJ 112 231 Agate .•••.•••••••...... 5 Cape Blomidon, N. S ...... 0 ...... t,:j 113 231 " ...... ········ ...... 4 " Sharp, N. S ••..••.••.•••••••• 114 231 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I • • • • • .. • • • • •••••• 4 Blomidon, N. 8 .•.•••.••••.•.. I::: 115 231 and Jasper .•..••.••.••••..••.••• 5 Unknown" ...... , ...... q Ul 116 231 Jasper .....••••••.•••••.•...••...••••• 5 Digby, N. S ...••••..••••••••••••••• t,:j 117 231 " ...... 7 " " ...... ~ 118 231 ...... ········ 1 Cutler, Me ...... I::: 119 231 ...... 1 Unknown •.•.•••••.•••••••.••• ... 120 231 Quartz ...•.•••.•••. , ••..••.•....•••••• 8 ...... ········ 121 231 Chalcedony ...•.•••.•••..••. , ••..•.•••• 1 ...... ············ 122 231 " ...... ········ ...... 1 ...... 123 231 ...... , .. l .. ~ ...... ' ...... 124 231 ...... 2 " ...... 125 231 Geode, ....•.••••....•••• •••• 1 ,v arsaw, Ill ...... 126 231 ...... ········ .... 1 Cape Sharp, N. S ...... 127 231 ...... ········ ...... 7 Digby, N. S ...... •.••••.•••.••• 128 231 ...... 1 Partridge Island, N. S ••• , ••••••••• I " c:c ------··---·-····- . ·------·-·· CATALOGUE OF MINERALS-Continued. a, 0 i::l z 193 320 Tourmaline .•....••..•. , •••.•••..•...•. 7 Unknown ...... Unknown. 194 320 1 Falmouth, Me ... , •• , ...... W. H. Pennell. 195 320 I Mt. Mica, Me ...... Unknown. 196 320 " 1 St. Lawrence County, N. Y., ...... 197 320 " I Oxford County, Me .. , ...... E. L. Hamlin. 198 320 3 Brunswick, Me ...... , .••••••••.. Unknown. 199 320 " I Unknown ...... 200 320 I " " . " 201 320 " 2 " 202 320 " I Haddam, Ct ...... 203 293 Muscovite ...... 4 Brunswick, Me ...... 20!1: 293 " 3 Fitchburg, Mass ...... United States National Museum. 205 3'?.2 Andalusite, var. Chiastolite . , ••.....•.. 1 Lancaster County, Pa ...... Unknown. 206 324 Cyanite ...... 4 Unknown •..•..•••..•...... ••..•. United States National Mu11eum. 207 324 ,, 2 Bradford, Pa ..••••••••.•. , .••••• , . Unknown. 208 324 ··························· ... . I Windham, Me., ...... ,, 209 333 Staurolite •.•••••••.•••...•.•• , •••••• , • 5 '' '' ...... 210 333 " 2 Unknown ...... 21I 333 3 " 212 323 Fibrolite ..••••••••••••.•••.•••.•••.•• , 2 Brandywine Springs, Del, .•...••••• " 213 339 Pectolite., ••• ,., ••••••.•••••••.• , ..•.. 1 Bergen, N. J ..... ,, ...... , , 214 361 Calamine .•••••••••..•..•••.••••••••••• I Unknown ...•...•.•••..•••....•••• 215 361 1 Sterling Hill, N. J ...... United" States National Museum. 216 363 Prehnite ••.•. , ••••.• , ..••.••••.•..• , •. I Simsbury, Ct .•..••.•••..•.••••.••• Unknown. 217 367 Cerite •••••.•••••• , ••••.••••••••••• ,, •• 1 Bastanas, Sweden . , .••••••••••••••• " 218 370 A pophyllite •...••••...••••••••••••.••. 3 Bergen, N. J ...... j Unknown. 21!:1 378 Natrolite ...... 1 Unknown •...•••••••...... ••••••• 220 386 Chabazite ..•••.••..•••.•••••••••••... 4 Nova Scotia •....••...... ••.•••. 221 392 Stilbite ...•••....•••....••.•..•.•••• 3 Cape Sharp, N. S ...... 222 400 Talc ...... •••...... ••••.•••..• .... 1 Newlin, Pa ...... 223 400 ...... ············ ..... 1 Unknown ...... 22! 400 ...... ········ ...... ········ 3 District Columbia ...... ~25 4.00 ...... ~ ...... l North Carolina -·· ...... 22& 401 Pyrophyllite ...... l Deep River, N. C ••...... ••.•.••••. 227 411 Serpentine ..•....••••••.•• , ••••..•..•. 4. Unknown ...... United States National Museum. 228 4.19 Kaolinite ...... 1 Kamogori, Japan ...... , ..••.••. " " 229 419 ...... ~ .. 1 Unknown ...... a: ...... Unknown. ~ 230 4.13 Dewey lite ...... 4 Chester, Pa .•••...•..•...... •••••.. ,, zM 231 450 Ripidolite ...... 1 ...... t,j 232 624 Vivianite ...... 1 Cransae, France •...... ••••••..••. 00 233 602 Ulexite ...... 1 Esmeralda County, Nev ...... United States National Museum. 1-'3 234. >- 630 Ba rite ••••...... ••.•...•••....••. , •••• 4 Cheshire, Ct •...... ••••••••••••••• " 1-'3 235 631 Celestite and Sulphur ...... 1 Sicily ..•••••••.•.•.•••...••••••••. Eimer and Amend. t,2;l 236 4.4.5 Vermiculite ...... 1 Leni, Pa ....•••...•..••.••.•••••••• Unknown. c 237 4.47 J efferisite •.•••.••.•••..•..••••••••.••. 1 Chester, Pa •....•..•...••..••.•••• 0 t-t 238 715 Calcite .•...•••.....•••..•.•..• ...... 3 Portland, Me ...... ••••.•••.•••.... Dr. Hamlin. tot 239 715 5 Houlton, Me ...•••.•••••••••••.•.. C. H Fernald. t;j ...... Q 240 715 ...... 1 Partridge Id., N. S ..• , •.•...•.•••. Unknown. t,j 241 715 ...... 1 Unknown •••••...... •.•.•••••••• 242 715 ...... 1 !:::: ...... d 243 715 Stalactite ...... 1 Mantansas, Cuba ....•••.•..••••.••. Mrs. ,James Howe. 00 244 715 1 Page County, Va ...... " t,1 ...... United States National Museum. d 245 716 Stalagmite ••...••...•..•• ...... , 1 Arizona ..•...... Unknown. l:s: 246 716 Dolomite ...... 1 Phillipstown, N. Y ...••.•••.•••.•.. 247 721 Siderite and Cryolite .....• ...... 1 West Greenland •...... •..••..... 248 721 Siderite .....••....••••••...••••.•.••.. 2 Unknown •...... •.•.••.••••••• ! United States National Museum. 249 723 Smithsonite ...... •.•.•••.•.••...•.•.•. 1 Nijar Almenia, Spain ...••••••••.••. 250 751 Malachite and Cuprite ••••••.••.•••••... 1 Dayton, Nev ....••.•••••.••••••••• 251 751 " " ...... 1 Unknown •....••.•.•.•.•....•..•.• Unknown. 21'>:! 751 ...... 1 Russia ...... •••.....••••••• , •.•. 253 752 Azurite ...... 2 Unknown ...... United States National Museum. 254 231 Quartz ..•..•••.••••••••••.••••..•.•••• 1 ...... Unknown. 255 315 Albite ...... 1 Oxford County, Me •.•••••••.••••••• E. L. Hamlin. .... 256 289 Biotite ...... 3 Unkno,wn ...... Unknown. c.o CATALOGUE O~-, MINERALS-Continued. z0 0 = z Name. Locality. Donor. ~ Ill 0 ~ -= 0 = 0 A ---- 257 293 I Muscovite .••••.....••...... •...•.•... 2 Unknown ...... Unknown. 258 610 Wolframite .•••.....•••.•..•..•.•••..•. 1 Zinnwald, Saxony •...... •••••.• 259 617 Wulfenite ...... •••.•••..••.•.. 5 Eureka Uo., Nev ....•••.....•••.... United States National Museum. 260 617 and Cerussite ...... 1 " 261 718 Magnesite ..••....•.....•••...... ••.... 1 Portland, Me .•..•..•....••...... Unknown. 262 830 Asphaltum ..••••.•.••...... •..•.••. 6 Pitch Lake, Trinidad, Id ...•..•.... W. II. Pennell. 263 831 Anthracite Coal ...... •...••... 1 Charlotte Co , N. B. .. • ...... Unknown. 264 2 Silver-bearing Rock...... • . . • • ...... 18 Virginia City, Nevada ...... P. Vinal. 265 231 Quartz...... • • • . • • . . • ...... 1 Unknown •...... ••...••...... Unknown, 266 311 Labradorite . . • . . • ...... ••••...... 1 267 231 Opalescent Quartz., ....•••...... •. 1 California •.•••.•••.••••••...•.•••. Charles C!.lrtis. 268 231 Moss Agate ...... , ...... ••.• 2 269 231 Silicious Sinter ...•••••.••.....••...•. 1 270 231 Petrified Wood ...... 2 271 186 Magnetite ..••..•••..••...... •.. 2 Unknown ...... ••...... Unknown. 272 12 Copper Ore ...... •••..••..••...... •. 2 Calumet, Mich ...... W. E. T:!PP· 273 186 Magnetite .•••••••...... •.•..... 1 Black River Falls, Wis ...... 274 206 Limonite ...... I Iron River Mich...... •• , •• , •.... 275 Iron Ore ...... ••.••••..•...•..•••.. 1 Norway, Mich ..•••.•••••••.....••. 276 199 Pyrolusite .•...•...... •...... ••. 1 Unknown ...... •••...••.•••.... Unknown 277 199 " and Chalcedony ....••.•...••. 1 278 474 Columbite, Mica, and Garnet , ....••.... 1 279 2-!7 Asbestus ...•...... •...... ••. 4 East Broughton, Quebec ...... •.... L. I Bumpus. 280 293 Muscovite and Columbite •...... l Unknown...... A. M Goodale. 281 503 Amblygonite ...••...... •...... 1 Paris, Me •.•••..•..•••...... Unknown. 282 25 Graphite.•.•••.•••••••.•..•••.•••••••• 1 Murphy, Cal ...... \ Chas. Curtis. 283 I Gold bearing rock ••••••••..••••••••••• 1 ...... 284 44 Galena in Quartz ...... ••••••••.•.•••• 2 ...... 285 271 Garnet •....•..••..••.••••••• •·••••·•• 1 Sidney, Me ...... I Unknown. 286 231 Quartz .•...••.••••••••.•...••...•..••• 1 Pittsfield, Me •.•••..••••••. _•.•••. 287 316 Orthoclase ••••.....••..••.•••••••••••. 1 Dixous, Uel ...... ••••••••••••••• 288 273 Idocrase .•...... ••..•..••..•••....•••• l Sanford, Me •...••••.••••••••••.••. H. M. Paine. 289 293 Muscovite, .Feldspar and Tourmaline ..... 1 Casco Bay, Me ...••.••••••••••••.. 290 271 Garnet...... ·······- 1 " " ...... ········ .... " 291 4,4 Argentiferous Galena •••.••..••••••••. 2 Mexico •..••.•...••...... Unknown 292 Chalcedony ••....••.•..•••..•...••..•. 2 231 ········· ...... ~ 293 206 Limonite .•....••••.....•....•.•••••.•. I > 294 231 Quartz Crystals .•••••••••••.•••.•.••.•. 4 ::::::::: :::·: :::: ::::::::::I z~ " t;,::l u, >-:l ACCESSIONS SINCE 1886. ;i.. >-:l 295 671 Alunogen ...... 1 Esmeralda Co., Nev ...... United States Natioll!Ll Museum. !:21 296 492 Apatite and Biotite ...... 3 Krageroe, Norway •.•••.•••....•••• <'."! 297 724 Aragonite ...... 2 Utah ...... 0 t"' 298 631 Celestite ....••.••.•..•••..•.••••....•. 1 Rossie, N Y .•••••.•••.•..••••.••• t"' 299 715 Calcite ...•..•.••••.•....••••••••••.... 2 Unknown •..•.•.•...... ••.....••• trj Q 300 654 Selenite ...•••....•••.••••...... ••.••• I trj 301 716 Dolomite •.•..••..•••..•••....••••.• , • 1 Akasaka, Japan ...... 302 316 Perthite •.•.•••..•.••••.....•••...... •. 1 Perth, Canada...... ~ d 303 44 Galena ...... 3 Nevada ...... u, 304 Zinc Blende ...... Butte, Mont ...... t'1 56 d 305 246 Antrophyllite ..••.••••...•..•.•..••••• Baltimore Co., Md ..•••.•••...... 306 231 Quartz Geode •••.•..•••.•••.•••••••.••• Unknown ...... ,, ~ 307 715 Calcite .•....••.•••...... •.•.••.....••. Mexico ...••• -··· ....•••..•••.••• 308 231 Quartz .. . .. •...... •• -.. _ .•....•••••• Unknown ....•..••...•...... ••.... 309 12 Copper bearing conglomerate •.••••••••• 1 Lake Superior ...... - 310 492 Apatite and Calcite,...... • •••••••.••. 1 Renfrew Co,, Canada. .. . • • • . . . . . •. 311 399 Steatite ...... 1 Nantihala River, N. C ...... 312 492 Apatite ...... 2 Krageroe, Norway ...... 313 316 Orthoclase .•••...... •.•...... •. 1 .Maine .•.•.•••.••...••...... 314 721 Siderite .....•...•...... •..•••..•.•••• 4 Germany .•.•••.•••.•••.•••..•..•. 315 555 Wavellite ...... 2 Garland Co., Ark .••••••••.••••.... # 1--' 316 654 Satin Spar ...... 3 Mexico •..•.•••••..•••.••.•••••• Vl CATALOGUE OF MINERALS-Continued. Name. Locality. Donor. 317 452 Prochlorite...... 1 Dist. Columbia ...... G. P. Merrill. 318 231 Jasper .....•••.•..••••.•• , .••..... , , , , 1 Gallatin Co., Mont ...... 319 232 Wood Opal ..•..•••.••.•••.•.••..•••••. 2 Madison River, Mont ...... " " 320 401 Pyropby I lite ...... 2 Murphy Co., N. 0 ...... , . " " 321 75 l Malachite in Quartz ...... 1 Unknown ...... Unknown. 322 12 Native Copper ...... 5 Lake Superior, Mich ...... Lieut. C. L. Phillips. 323 320 Tourmaline •...•..••••.••..•••....•.•. 1 Bangor, Me ...... R. K. Jones, Jr. 324 186 Magnetite ...... 1 Unknown ...... L. H. Merrill. 325 715 Calcite •....••..••..• , •••••....•••••••. 1 Unknown. 326 716 Dolomite •..•..•.•..•..•..••••...... I 327 715 Calcite •.•.•••.•...•••.•...••.•••••••. 3 Rockland, Me ...... , L. V. P. Cilley. 328 715 2 Unknown •••••••••..•.••••...... Unknown. 329 715 1 330 715 1 Bergen, N. J , ...... •.•••••••. , •. 331 715 1 Herkimer Co., N. Y ...... 332 715 1 Rockland, Me, ...•.•••••••.••. 333 715 Cale" Spa:r ...... 1 Ticonderoga, N. Y •.••••••••••• , ••• 334 715 Calcite and Quartz...... • .. .. • . .. • .. .. 1 Chester Co., Pa ..•..•••.•••..•..••. 335 715 Stalagmite ...... 1 California .•.••••••.•..•••••••••.•. 336 654 Gypsum ..•.••••••.....••..•..••••••.. 1 Nova Scotia ....•••.•••••••...••••. 337 654 .. ••••••••••••••••••••••a••••••• 1 Unknown •.•••••••..•..••..••..••. 338 654 Selenite . . • • • • . . . . . •••.•...••..•.•••• 1 Nevada •....••....••••••••.•••.... Anson Allen, 339 492 Apatite .•.••.•••••.•.•.••.••.••..•... 1 Rossie, N. Y ..••••.•••.•••.....••. 340 492 '' ...... 2 Burgess, N. Y ...... Unknown. 341 180 Micaceous Hematite ...... 1 London Co., Va .•..••••.•••..•..••. 34~ 231 Chalcedony ..•...•.•••...... •..•••.... 4 Uruguay River, S. A ...... L H. Jones. 3 i:{ 724 Aragoni to ..... ~ • • • 4 • • • ...... 1 Unknown ...... Unknown. H4 724 Stalactitic A !'agonite ..•.....••...... 1 Page Co., Va .. .. ' ...... ~ ...... :H5 29 Stibnite ....••• . . .. . ~ ...... I Han·ey, N. B •...••...•...... E. D. Graves 34(j 322 Andalusite var. Chiastolite ...... 1 Orono, ,\1 e ...... ••..••.•••..••.• C. II. Benjamin. 347 ~ 71~· Calcite ...... •...•...•...... •...... • I Pranklin, N. J ...... F. L. Harvey. :w, 831 Peacock Coal ...... , ...... l Pennsylvania ...... " 34'.l 7Hi Calcite and Franklinite ...••..•..••• I Franklin, N. J ...... 3~i0 2!'.G Willemi.te ,...... 1 - ~ ...... 351 2(,(i and Franklinite ..•...... 2 .. • • ~ • " • • • • • 4 • • • • ••• l'i'ti :Hi2 Zir;cite and • ~ • • • • • • • 0 • • 2 ... :15:3 17(i -· ····· ...... ;:::: arni Willernite •.. 3 ' ~ 0 • • I• " • 0 II II II . ~ . . ... ;'.;i4 ;i,. lSS Frntiklinite and Willernite ...... 3 .. .,.' ...... 355 2litj z Wille;nite •...•...... ~ ...... I ...... 3;i{i FJ 75 Pyrite ...• ...... ~ ...... ' ...... 2 Pittston, Pa ...... :tJ7 281 Chalcedony 381 654 Gypsum ...••••.•••..• , ••••...•.• , , .. · · 1 Tobique River, N. B...... Geo. E. Seabury. 382 78 Chalcopyrite ...••.••••.•.•..•..•.•..•• 1 Unknown ..•••••••..•.•.••...••.•. W. N. Bond. 383 206 Limonite •.•.•...•••••.•.•..••••.•.... 1 Buffalo Run, Pa .....•••.. , ...••.••• N. E. Wilson. 384 13 Spiegeleiseu ...... , ••• 1 Germany •.•••..•..•••.•••.•••.... F. L. Harvey. 385 293 Muscovite and Lepidolite •.....•..••.• 1 Auburn, Me ..••....•••.....•••..•. N. H Perry. 386 294 Lepidolite ...... I Norway, Me .....••.•••.•••..•.•••. .. 387 192 Citssiterite .•••..•..•••...•..••.•.••••• l Rumford, Me ...•••..• , , .••.••••• , . 388 273 Vesuvianite ...... 1 Woodstock, Me. , , •.•••..•• , ••••••• " 389 304 Elreolite . . •••..••.•••.••••••• , • , •..•• 1 Litchfield, Me ...••. , , •..••..••.•.. 390 333 Staurolite •..••••••••••••••..••...•.••• I Windham, l"1e. . • • • . • • • . • • • • ••.••• " 391 272 Zircon ...... I Litchfield, Me •.•••..•..•••••••.••. " 392 499 Triplite •.•.••••••••••...•••••.•.••••• 1 Stoneham, Me ..•••.•••.••••••••••• 393 430 Damourite .•••.•••.•••.•••..•• , •..••••• 1 394 290 Lepidomelane •.•.•.•••...•••••....•••• 1 Litchfield, Me ...... 395 254 Beryl ...••.•••..•••.••••••.•••••••. , ·, l Stoneham, Me, .•••.•••..••..••.••• 396 320 Tourmaline. . • . . . • • . . . • . • • • • • • • ...... • I Auburn, Me ...... 397 320 l Stoneham, Me ...... 398 231 Greasy Quartz •.•••••••••••..•...... •• I Albany, Me ..... , ..•••.•••••••.••• 399 231 Rose , ••••••...••• •• ···, · ·•· l Standish, Me ...... 400 231 Amethyst ..•••.•••.....•••.....•••.... 1 Stow, Me ....•.. , •..• , .•••.. , •.••• 401 271 Garnet, ••.•••..••.•••..••••••....•••• I Buckfield, l"1e •...... •..••..•..••• 402 305 Sodalite ...... l Litchfield, Me ...... 403 294 Lepidolite. . • • • . • • • • • • • . • • • . • • • ...... I Auburn, Me ...... 404 316 Orthoclase ..•••..••.•••.....•••...... • I Stoneham, Me. . .•..••..••.•••.... 405 247 Hornblende . , • . • • • . . • . . • • • . •...•..... I Woodstock, Me ...•.•••.•••.•••.••• 406 271 Yellow Garnet ..••..•...•.••••.•••..• 1 Woodstock, Me .•••••••.•••.•••.•• · I N. H. Perry. 407 503 Amblygonite .....•....••••...... •. 1 Rumford, Me ....• , . . • • . . • • • • • • . • . . " 408 304 Cancrinite .•••.•••••••.•••..••.•••.••• l Litchfield, Me ..•• , .•••.•••.••••••• 409 320 Rubellite .••••....••••..••.•••..••..•• 2 Rumford, Me ....••..••..•..•.•...• 410 243 Spodumene .•.•...•.• , •....••••.•••••.. 1 411 315 Al bite ...... •••.•••.••.••••..•...•. 1 Auburn, J\,le ...... 412 224 Cyanite •...•••...•.....•••••••.•••.• 1 \Vindham, Me ...... 413 186 Magnetite .•••.•••..••..••.•••..••..•. 1 Buckfield, Me ...... •...... ••..•• 414 474 Columbite ...... 1 Stoneham, Me ....•...... ••.•••.• 415 293 Plumose Mica ...... •••.•••.•••...•.• 1 .\,1inot, 1\1e ...... 416 293 Muscovite ...... 1 ~Jaine .•...•••....•••.•.•...•..• , ~ 417 231 Quartz .....•••...•.•••.•.•.•••...... •. 1 >- 418 654 Red Gypsum .....•.•••..••.•••.•.•..•. 1 Guaudaloupe, Tex •...•...•..•..••• \ Lieut. H. A. Wheeler. z 419 831 Jet ...... ••...... •...••.•••...... 1 Fort Bliss, Tex... . . • • • • ••.....• t_rj 420 Carbonate of Iron.. . • • • . . . • . • • • . • • .••. 1 El Paso, Tex .....•...•.•••.•••..•. r,, 421 Lead Ore ....•....•..•.•••••••••••••• 1 El Paso, }fexico ....•••...... •••••• "'3 422 400 Talc and Magnetite ...... 2 Delaware County, Pa •.•...•.••••••• I F. A. Mansfield. ~ 423 400 Steatite ....••...... ••..•••••••• , •.••• 1 Weatherfield, Vt ...... t_rj 424 400 1 Graton, Mass ...•••...•..••..••.• c 1 Francestown, N. H ..••...... •.... 0 425 400 ::-; 426 400 1 Baltimore, Md ..•••..••.•••.•••.••• ::-; 427 400 1 Cambridgeport, Vt ...... t_rj Q 428 400 1 Hoosac Tunnel, Mass •...•••.•••...• t_,:_j 429 400 Talc ...... •••..••..••..••.•••.•••..•• 1 Camden, Me ....••..••...... ••.••• 231 Quartz ...... •...•.•••...... •.• 2 ~i~mond Hill, R. I ...... ~ 430 0 431 2,2 Native Sulphur and Celestite •.....•..•. 1 ::,icily ..••.••.•••.•••••••.••••••• u:,_ 432 293 Mu~covite ...... ••...... •.••••.••..• 1 Paris, l\1e. . . . . • • . . • • . • • • . . • • •• trj Unionville, Pa ...... 0 433 411 Serpentine with Dendrites ••.•••..••..•• 1 ~ 434 411 Serpentine .•...•••...•..••• , ••..••.•• , 1 Unknown ....••.•••..••••••.•••.••• 435 218 Dendrites on Calcite •..••••...•.•••..•• 1 Smithfield, R. I...... 436 44 Galenite., •..••.•••..••.•••.•••..••.... 1 .Newburyport, Mass ...... 437 44 1 Camden, Me •.....•..•..•••.•••.... 438 75 Pyrite .•••...... •••... , ... , ..• , . , ••..•. 2 Bluehill, Me...... 439 247 Asbestus ....••...•..••..•..•••..•. , • 1 Staten lsland, N. Y,. ••..•....•...• 440 247 Tremolite ...... 1 0,lnton, N. Y.. . . • • . . • . . • • . . • . . .. 441 247 Actinolite •.•...•••..•• , .•• _.••...•.... 1 Delaware County, Pa ...... 442 247 Asbestus ....••..••.•••.••••••.••••• 2 Newcastle County, Del ...... 443 247 Tremolite ...... ,...... 1 Camden, Me ...... •.•••.•••••••.•...... 444 247 1 Smithfield, R. I •...•••..••.•••.... ~ OATALOGU1~ Ol? MTNEHALS-Ooncluded. 00 0 A z 445 247 Actinolite . • • • • • • • • • • • . . . . • • • • . . • • ••• 1 Cumberland, R. I. . . • • • . . . . . • • • . . . . F. A. Mansfield. 446 411 Serpentine ....••••.....•••.••••.••.••• 1 Unknown ...••..•• , •.. , •.•...... 447 247 Nephrite .•••••..•.•.....••.•••....•••. 1 Cumberland, R. I ...... , ...... 448 246 Antrophyllite ...... 1 Delaware County, Pa ....•••...•.••. 449 22 Native Sulphur ...... 3 Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. • . 450 231 Smoky Quartz .•.•...••.•••.....•....•. 1 Cumberland, R. I ...... •...... 451 320 Tourmaline •..•••••••• , .. , ..•...... 1 Guilford, Vt...... 452 179 Corundum .....••.•...... •...... 1 Unionville, Pa ...... ,. .. 453 25 Graphite ...... 1 Unknown ...... •••••••...... ••• 454 206 Limonite ...•••••••...... , • • ••.•••. 1 1 Camden, Me...... • • .. .. • 455 94 Arsenopyrite ...... 1 " 456 186 Magnetite ...••..•. , ...... 1 457 " 1 Unknown ....•...... •..••. 458 1 Oharlotteville, Va ...... 459 1 Cumberland, R. I...... 460 293 Muscovite...... •. , •.••.••....••.•.••. 1 Smithfield, 1{. I...... 461 159 Chlorophane . . . • .••••.•..••••.•...... 1 Cumberland, R. I ...... 462 654 Selenite ..•.....•••..•..•••...... 1 Nova Scotia •...•••.•••...... ••• 463 716 Pearl Spar ...... •.••••.•.•.•...•••..•. 1 Lockport, N. Y .•••...... ••.•.•.... 464 333 Staurolite •.•••••••••••.....•••.....••. 1 Mt. 8addleback, Mass ...... 465 316 Orthoclase ••••••••••••••••..• , ••• , ••.. 1 Paris, Me ....•...... •....••••.... 466 322 Andalusite var. Chiastolite ...... 2 Camden, Me ....•..••...... •.... 467 276 Epidote •...... ••••.•••••••..•••••• 1 Cumberland, R. I ...... 468 247 Hornblende •..•••• , •..••••...... •.•... 1 " 469 323 Fibrolite ...•••••••••••••••.••.•...... 1 Delaware County, Pa ...... ••••• 470 290 I Lepidomelane , ..••.•••••••.••.••••.••• I Unknown ...... •••..••..••...... • , I F. A. Mansfield. 471 75 Pyrite .•....•.••• , ••• , .• , •• , ••.•.. , ••• I ...... 472 231 Agate ...... ••.•••..•.••••••••.•.•.... l Diepp3, France ...... ••••..•..... 473 654 Gypsum •...... •..•.••••• ,, ••.••...• , 2 Grand Rapids, Mich ...... 474 654 " ...... 1 Nova Scotia ...... •••. , ••.••• 475 715 Dogtooth Spar •••• , ••••..••••••••...... 2 Springfield, H.. I...... •...... , ... 476 400 Talc ...... ••...•••••••••...•••••.. I Unknown, ...•.•••.•••...•..••.... 477 231 Mottled Jasper ...... I Chelsea, ;\fass ...... 478 304 Cancrinite .•.••....••••••••.•••...•.... I Unknown ...... 479 :no Tourmaline ...... •••....••••..••.... I Lincolnville, Me ...... •...... ,, .. ~ ' Avondale, Pa .•.•••..•...••..•..... 480 320 ...... 1 ~ 481 320 ...... 1 Pennsylvania ....••...... •.. , • , > 482 231 Silicified Wood ...... 4 Unknown ...... z 483 231 Hornstone ...... •..•••...•....•.• .... 1 Camden, lVIe ...... •.••.••.•••.... t,,:j 484 il8 iYlagnesite .•.•.....•••••.•.•...... 1 Nottingham, Pa ...... U) Sepentine and Calcite ...... ] Unknown ...... ,...... 1-3 485 ill ~ 486 ill Bowenite ...... 1 Smithfield, R. I...... 1-3 487 632 Anhydrite ...... ••.••••...... 1 Winsor, N. S ...... c'l 488 715 Calcite Crystals ...•...... ••••.••.... 5 Camden, i\f e .....•...... •••..... 0 489 40 Argentite ...... 1 Suilivan, l\,fe ...... 0r 490 40 and Malachite ...... 1 L,rndville, Colorado ...• ...... r " M 491 71.'i Calcite ...... l Unknown ...... •..••...... Unknown. Q trj 492 320 Tourmaline ...... 9 1 493 2:.11 Jasper ...... 1 494 :nG Orthoclase and Magnetite ..•....••••... ] ~q Nova ~cotia ...... •..•.....•.. U) 491> 654 Gypsum ...... •••..•••...... I t:,:J 496 231 Blue Quartz ...... 1 .Kor.kport, Me ...... F. A. Mansfield . C"1 497 2 Silver Ore ...... JO Nevada ...... ~ ...... ~ . ~ .. G. M. Shaw. ~ 498 94 Arsenopyrite ...... l Uuknown ...... ••...... Unknown. 499 '231 Chalcedony ...... 1 500 2:! l " ...... 5 501 '231 Sil icified Wood ...... 1 King Cu., Washington Tor ...... , B. J. Crocker. 562 ·rn 1 " ...... ii lhiknown ....•...•..••...•.•...... Unknown. 503 ·2:12 ,vood Opal ...... l 504 Gems (cut) ...... 8 505 ·lll Sepentine •...... •.•..••••..•.•... 2 606 474 Col um bite ....•..•....••• , .•...... • 1 btooeham, Nfe ...... •...... •...... t,:; CATALOGUE OF ROOKS. Name. Locality. Donor. 1 Leopardite .....•••••••....••••.••.••••. , .. 1 Charlotte, N. C ..•...••.•...• , ..••.••• , Unknown. 2 Porphyritic Felsite...... , ... . 1 Lynn, Mass ...... Smithsonian Institution. 3 Red 8andstone...... •••....•• , . 1 Sene 7 N ovaculyte ...... · 1 1 Franeeway Creek, Ark •.•....•...•..... 8 Sandstone ....••••..•.••••.•••...... ••. 2 Aqup,ia Creek, Va., ...... 9 Native Copper in Vein-stone ..•...... •.. l Lake Superior ...... •••....••••.... 10 Hornblende •...... •••.....•••.. , •.... 1 Cumberland, R,, I ...... , . , . , ... , ... . Unknown. 11 Calciferous Slate, ...... , ... 2 Portland, l\1e ....••.•••..••..•..••...•. W. H. Pennell. 12 Plurnbaginous Schist ...... , .. 3 Capo Elizabeth, Me., ...... 13 Joliet Limestone. . . . • • ...... 2 ,Joliet, Ill...... Unknown. 14 Micaceous Slate ...... 1 Unknown ...... 15 Fire Brick Clay., .....•..••• , ...... I Hock River, Ill ...... P. Barnes. 16 Lim.estone ...••...... •... , , •••..•. 1 Alton, Ill .....••••.•••..••.•••..••.... 17 Calcareous Slate ...... , • " •••.... , ••.. 1 I Cleveland, Ill •...... ••••. , • , .. , ..••• 18 Potter's Clay .•.•••.....•••. , ...... 1 Rock River, Ill .•....••. , , , , , ••....•.•• 19 Limest0ne...... • • . • • • • ..••.••.•. 3 Unknown ...... 20 }fossiliferous Limestone., ...... , .•. 1 Unknown." 21 Serpentine .....•...... ••••...... •. , • , . 2 " 22 Amygdaloid ...... 2 Cape Blomiclon, N. S ...... " 23 " 1 Cutler, Me ....•••.•••..•••• , •.•.• ,, ,, 24 Serpentine .•...... •••. , ..••••.....•••••.. 1 Deer Island, Me ....•••.. , ••.. , •• , , , , , , E. Abbott." 25 Sandstone ..•...•..•••.••••.•••.. , , •••. , .. I , New York ...... •••.•••..• , • ,, . , , ...•. Unknown. '..:6 Hornblende Biotite Granite •...... •.••.• 1 St. George, Me ...•...•...... •...... Unknown. 27 ~I iea Schist ...... ••..•...... •••.... 1 Unknown • ...... ••••••...... 28 Hyd,c,us 1'1ica Schist ...... •• 1 2'.) ar°ica Schist ...... ••..••.....•••.•••.... 1 ;\() Gray rdarble ...... •••...•.•.•...... •• 1 Cherokee County, N. C ...... 31 \\'bite M.arble ...... 1 Rutland, Vt ...... 3'.l ~I,1rble ...... 1 Sutherland Falls, Vt ...... •...... ••.... :rn 1 Italy ...... :~-1 I Vennont .....••..•.....••••••.....••. ~ ·~tt·, Cornline :--andtitnne ...... 1 Bermuda ld ...... Anson Allen. :H; !:Jue Limeotono ...... 1 Unknown...... Unknown. ~ :{ 7 Hornblende :':'yonite ...... l Berks County, Pa ...... ~ :ts mack :: Name .. Locality. Donor. z0 ·-···---~-·--~-·· --1 6,) Franklinite and Zincite ...... 1 Franklin, N J...... [ Smithsonian Institution. 66 Granite...... •....••...• 1 Frankfort, Me. . i: .... , ...... , ··.·I Hayward Pieroe. 1 67 New, Red San Name. Locality. Donor. z0 129 Quartz Porphyry ...... Mt. Kineo, Me ...... Unknown. 130 Labradorite . . . . • . . . • . • ...... Lake County, Minn ...... L. II. Merrill. 131 Jfornblende Andesite ...... 5 Reno, Nevada...... •. 132 M,,,,ive Apatite ...... 3 Krageroe, Norway ...... 133 hpidote ...... , .... , · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · 1 District of Columbia ...... 134 Leucite...... • • ...... 1 Vesuvius ...••...•...... ••••...•.... 135 Unakyte ...... 1 Madison County, Virginia...... •..•.•• 136 Melaphyr ...... • ...... 1 Brighton, l\iass ...... ••.....••.... 137 Obsidian and Pumice...... l Lipari, Id ...... •...... 138 Oolite ...... l Florida ..••...•...... ••.... United States National Museum. 139 Calcareous Breccia...... 1 Point of Rocks, Md ...... L. H. Merrill. 140 Infusorial Earth...... , ... . l Unknown ...... United States National Museum. 141 Ziucite, Franklinite, and Willemite ...... 4 Franklin, N. J ...... 142 Elreolite Syenite •...... •...... 5 Deckertown, N. J ...... 143 Dunite...... •...... •...... 3 Corundum Hill, N. C ...... 144 Shell Breccia ...... •...... 1 St. Augustine, Florida ...••..••...... 145 Marble ..•...... l Swayn Creek, N. C. . . • • ...... •...... Unknown. 146 Flint •.••...... •...... l Chalk Cliffs, England ...... L. H. Jones. 147 Slate ...... •...... •••.. ,i Brownville, Me...... Highland Slate Quarry Co. 148 6 Skowhegan ...... A. E. Mitchell. ACCESSIONS SINCE 1886. 149 Magnetite.... • ...... · / Mahopac Falls, N. Y ...... j F. L. Harvey. 150 Sandstone...... •..•••...•.....•••.... I Wilkesbarre, Pa...... " 151 Oohte ...... •.••...... •.... ···• Humbolt, Iowa...... F. L. Harvey. 1.52 Graphic Granite ...... •.•...... Auburn, Me ...... N. H. Perry. 153 Mica Schist ...... ••.•.. Peru, Me ...... •...•..•••...... • , .••• 154 Granite... . . • • ...... Woodstock, Me ...•....•..•...... 155 Marble.•...... ••.•...... •. Vermont ...... F. A. Mansfield. 156 Glenn's Falls, N. Y ...... 157 Vermont ...... 158 Tennessee ...... •..•• ,, .•••...•.... 159 France ...... 160 Italy ...... 161 Tennessee ...... •...... I!:: New York ...... 162 I>..... 163 France...... •.•...... •...... z 164 Tennessee ...... ~ 165 Sy~~1ite...... Cape Ann, Mass ...... •..•.•...... \ tel Vinalhaven, Me ...... \ ~ 166 ~ 167 Granite ...... Hallowell, Me ...... ••••••..••..•..... ~ 168 Lincolnville, Me ...... t,j 169 Limestone ...... Knox County, Me ...... c France ...... ••..••.•••.•••.•...••. 0 170 Flint ...... tot Braccia ...... •.....•....•••.•... Camden, Me ...... ••...... ••...... tot 171 ttj 172 Lithographic Limestone ...... •... Unknown ...... Q 173 Argillyte •...•..•...... •••..... ~ 174 ' ' ...... ~ ...... Vermont .•...... •...... •.•.... 175 Conglomerate ...... Patten, l\'Ie ....•....••...•...... •.•••• C. H. ,, Benjamin. ~c: 176 Felsite ...... • ...... Mt. Chase, Me ...... u:, ~ 177 '' '' . . . . . ~ ...... c: 178 Limestone ...... Unknown ...... •.•...•...... • F. A. Mansfield. ~ 179 Fossiliferous Chert ...... t-!; -T